Rahul Gandhi's Poverty Remark Leads to War of Words

As expected, his comment led to a wrath among the netizens and other political leaders.The BSP's Naseemuddin Siddiqui said, "He comes from a billionaire family and many generations in the Gandhi Nehru family have not seen poverty even from a distance. So they cannot be blamed for their poor knowledge," reports NDTV.

On Twitter, a person commented, saying, "If Poverty is a state of mind, So admit all poor people in India to mental hospitals, they will be cured to be rich!” and "Now Rahul Gandhi says poverty is a state of mind. I wish he was born in a poor family!!" added another. Further, some people also asked if poverty is something that can be removed totally by counseling.

The Congress leader who frequently interacts with the poor in remote villages assured the people by saying "my one and only political aim is that I want to tune my ears to the voice of the poor and the marginalized". Unfortunately, his statement has failed to reach the masses in the right spirit as he wanted to convey.

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