Rahul Gandhi Called 'Sir' 142 Times by TS Singh Deo in Congress Chhattisgarh Manifesto Release Event, Watch Video
Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jibe at the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi following this news and recounted the incident at a public rally in Bilaspur.
Raipur, November 13: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday, November 9, released the party's manifesto in chief minister Raman Singh's home turf Rajnandgaon. Gandhi arrived in the state early on Friday and attended multiple events. However, during the launch of the manifesto, Leader of Opposition and Congress MLA from Ambikapur TS Singh Deo repeated the word 'sir' 142 times while addressing Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: Congress Releases 'People's Manifesto' to Woo Voters.
The video of the act has gone viral with people wondering what made the senior Congress leader utter the word as many as 142 times. Also, he kept looking at Rahul instead of looking at the media which made it seem that he was addressing the manifesto only to Rahul Gandhi. Check a short clip from the video below:
Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jibe at the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi following this news. The Prime Minister said at a public rally in Bilaspur on Monday that the "Congress mentioned chhattis 36 points through which they wish to change Chhattisgarh but Naamdar (a term used by the PM to attack Rahul Gandhi) was called sir 150 times at the time of manifesto release." The first phase of voting in Chhattisgarh took place on Monday and 70 percent voter turnout was recorded, said the Election Commission (EC).
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