Suit boot ki sarkaar: #RahulRoar speech in Parliament sparks Twitter frenzy

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who was conspicuously absent during the first half of the Budget Session, created quite a stir in his first speech in Lok Sabha today after his return from the 57-day sabbatical.[caption id=“attachment_2203402” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost[/caption] Gandhi accused the BJP-led NDA government of being the “government of corporates” and the one that has completely “neglected farmers and labourers of the country”. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was committing a “mistake by thinking that industrialists and corporates were the real power” in India. Participating in a debate over the government’s Land Bill Ordinance in Lok Sabha, Gandhi said he wondered how a person like Modi could make that political mistake of ignoring 60 percent of the country’s population who are dependent on farming for their livelihood. “He knows the calculation well, I wonder how can he make a mistake of annoying them,” Gandhi said amid cheers from his party men. “Yours is a government of rich, government of suited-booted people, who do not understand that the real power of the country lies with its farmers and labourers, and not with the coporates,” he said. Gandhi also accused the central government of weakening the farmers so that their lands could be taken and given to the industrialists and corporates. Reading out the past records of Minimum Selling Price (MSP) given by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governments at different point of time, he said ever since the NDA government took over only meagre increments were made in the MSP of farmers’ produce. Gandhi also accused the Modi government of not presenting right picture before the country on important issues. Talking about the government’s assessment of recent damage to wheat and other crops in the country, the Congress vice president said the prime minister, the agriculture ministry and the Bharatiya Janata Party gave different figures of the affected crops. “I want to suggest the prime minister to go and see for himself what damage has been done to crops,” he said. Gandhi’s monologue was also the first speech from the Opposition benches this session and has already created quite a storm on Twitter with hashtags like RahulRoar and Pappu Meows trending on the social networking site.

If we get #PappuMeows daily we are going to stop watching comedy nightswith Kapil :)

— Ram (@kulkarniram1) April 20, 2015

Rahul's speech was like a fresh air, to the dynasty slaves who have been feeling suffocated being out of power.

— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) April 20, 2015

#PappuMeows a 44 seat wonder gives political advice to Prime Minister that was the highlight of his moronic speech...

— FASCIST ਅੰਕੁਰ ਜੈਨ अंकुर जैन - जय श्री राम। (@vastalitech) April 20, 2015

We got a glimpse today in parliament of what happens when a general leads his army from the front. #RahulRoar

— bhupendra chaubey (@bhupendrachaube) April 20, 2015

The donation of some corporate has funded 56 days of "sabbatical". What other source of fund? #RahulRoar

— ramdasbharadwaj (@ramdasbharadwaj) April 20, 2015

Loved every bit of RG in LS today. Brilliant speech - facts, stats, sarcasm, aggression - all mixed with humor and wit. #RahulRoar

— Hasiba | حسيبة | हसीबा ✋🏽🌈🍉 (@HasibaAmin) April 20, 2015

While the verdict on which hashtag won the Twitter war is not out yet, the Gandhi scion sure did make an aggressive and impressive  speech in Parliament.