Anita Katyal | Rahul important in BJP universe
Deccan ChronicleRahul Gandhi’s gradual return to the political centrestage is being silently celebrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party as it has got a fresh opportunity to reactivate its campaign against the Congress leader. The BJP had been finding it difficult to attack the Congress during the brief period Rahul Gandhi stepped back from political activities following his resignation as party chief last year. Now each time Rahul Gandhi addresses a press briefing or tweets, pointing to the Narendra Modi government’s inadequate response to the Covid-19 pandemic or its mismanagement of the migrant crisis, the BJP loses no time in lining up senior party leaders and ministers to counter the Nehru-Gandhi scion and resurrect his image of a dilettante and a non-serious politician. Mr Shukla recently retweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message condoling former hockey star Balbir Singh’s passing, praised civil aviation minister Hardeep Puri for successfully restarting domestic flights on Twitter, responded to actor Priyanka Chopra’s tweet on the sacrifices made by soldiers and wished Ravi Shastri on his birthday.