Rahul Gandhi's student-idiot-andhbhakt barb sparks uproar in Parliament
Tempestuous scenes were seen in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, citing a conversation with a student, said there
Tempestuous scenes were seen in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, citing a conversation with a student, said there were three categories of people - "students", "idiots" and "andhbhakts (blind loyalists)". Rahul said the 18-year-old described "students" as those who seek knowledge and are willing to listen to others, while "idiots" were those who refuse to hear differing views.
Read Full Story It was enough to spark fireworks in the Lok Sabha, with the NDA MPs objecting to the "idiot" remark and demanding that it be expunged. Speaking during a debate on amendments to the anti-paper leak law, Rahul recounted a conversation with a young woman on what it meant to be a student.
Rahul said the woman described a student as "someone with an open mind and an open heart". "There is a group of people... who are not students; they know everything... they believe that they are God. They are arrogant, they don't listen, they don't respect other people's truths, the student called them idiots," the Congress MP said.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju was quickly up on his feet, demanding that the "unparliamentary" words be expunged. "I believe that he (Rahul) is using a word in the name of a student, but it is he who is using it," Rijiju said. Ends
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