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Congress president Rahul Gandhi took the Treasury benches in the Lok Sabha by surprise when he hugged Prime Minister Modi during a debate on the no-confidence motion.
Forty-eight-year-old Rahul was leading the opposition charge attacking the government on various issues when he took a jibe at PM Modi and the BJP for their 'pappu' comment and walked across the Lok Sabha hall to hug the Prime Minister.
"You can abuse me, you can call me Pappu, but I don't have an iota of hatred against you," Rahul said in a sharp attack on the government.
PM Modi was initially shocked, but was later seen smiling and shaking hands with Rahul.
The PM and his party often use the 'pappu' jibe calling the Congress president politically immature. Today, the Congress president hit back at PM Modi for his "jumla strike".
Rahul Gandhi's gesture has left Twitter in splits. Sample this:
Rahul Gandhi Says "Main Pyaar ki bhavna nikalunga"- leader of opposition or Love Charger MSG baba?
Then he undermines decorum of Parliament & Parliamentary protocol & rules of debate !
Immature & childish behaviour! Has no sense of seriousness! Is #NoConfidenceMotion a joke?
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) July 20, 2018
RT if you think Rahul Gandhi is the best thing to have happened to BJP.
— Rishi Bagree ?? (@rishibagree) July 20, 2018
Can u believe it...The government with a "majority" disrupted Rahul Gandhi's speech. If this is not a moral victory for the Congress ..What is !! The house had to be adjourned as the ..Read it correctly MAJORITY PARTY was disrupting the house !!
— Tehseen Poonawalla (@tehseenp) July 20, 2018
The last few times Rahul Gandhi spoke in Parliament, it was ‘memorable’... Today will be another day! #BhookampAaneWalaHai pic.twitter.com/9we6iEB4Sf
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 20, 2018
The Lok Sabha is holding a debate on no-confidence motion which was accepted by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday.
The motion was been moved by BJP's former ally TDP on Wednesday.