Rahul Gandhi jabs at Narendra Modi's degree after PM's claim on Mahatma Gandhi: ‘Only a student of…’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a veiled jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that the world did not know about Mahatma Gandhi until the release of Richard Attenborough's 1982 biographical film "Gandhi." In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi wrote in Hindi, “Only a student of 'Entire Political Science' would need to watch the film to know about Mahatma Gandhi,” taking an apparent jibe at Modi's Masters degree. Read: 'PM Modi's Kanyakumari retreat violates Model Code': Congress moves Election Commission In an interview with TV news channel ABP, Modi claimed that the world was not aware of Mahatma Gandhi and asked whether it was not the nation's responsibility to get Gandhi a level of global recognition in the last 75 years. Congress leader Pawan Khera took a swipe at the BJP leader, saying, “It is good that before Modi ji became the prime minister, statues of Mahatma Gandhi were installed in dozens of countries around the world, otherwise Modi would have been getting statues of Ben Kingsley installed.” Veteran British actor Ben Kingsley played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1982 movie.