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#ThankstoNehru: When Rahul Gandhi's Singapore visit made Twitter remember India's first PM

#ThankstoNehru became one of the top trending topics in India.

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It’s bizarre how things trend. It could be an optically illusive dress, a simple wink or someone whose singing is akin to a cat of screeching bags. On Friday, it was India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru who was suddenly among the Twitterati’s thoughts after Rahul Gandhi’s panel discussion in Singapore.

It all started after PK Basu, author of the book Asia Reborn, questioned Rahul Gandhi asking, ‘why ‘per capita income of India grew much less than world average when his family ruled’.

He said: “That gentleman thinks nothing has been done by the Congress party the other thinks everything was done. However, anybody in this room who thinks the Congress party is not part of this success needs to write a new book.”

He then went on to mention the various achievements of Congress.

He added: “I just want to complete that who has been taught to love my opponents, have no animosity towards anybody who says i have achieved nothing.  I respect your opinion to say that I achieved nothing. I am proud to sit in a room and have a gentleman say this to me. Mr Modi would never do that. You will never have the ability to say this in front of Modi. I want to give you a hug and i want to tell you and you are very important to me. You represent a different opinion.”

Responding to this, Congress leader Sanjay Jha shared the video and wrote on Twitter: “Watch this everyone, and you will know the difference between @OfficeOfRG and @narendramodi . RG’s extraordinary decency and liberal values shine through brilliantly. A true leader. Very proud of you, Congress President. Share, RT.”

Replying to the conversation, journalist Sagarika Ghose, who has written a book on Indira Gandhi wrote a slightly bizarre comment where she claimed without Rahul Gandhi’s great grandfather, PK Basu ‘wouldn’t be in Singapore, wouldn’t speak English and instead would be a cow dung trader busily drinking cow urine’.

She wrote on Twitter: “Without @OfficeOfRG 's great grandfather @PrasenjitKBasu wouldn't be in Singapore, wouldn't speak English, wouldn't have written a book in English, instead would be a cow dung trader busily drinking cow urine and puzzling over ten headed demons riding flying chariots.”
While there’s no denying the first PM did play a pivotal role in forming modern India, to say that that PK Basu wouldn’t be in Singapore or wouldn’t know English is perhaps giving the first PM too much credit. Soon after Ghose’s proclamation, Twitterati started trending #ThankstoNehru piling up imaginary achievements of the first Congress PM:

 

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