<p>&ldquo;I do exercise, run and swim, and I am a black belt in Aikido, but [I] don&rsquo;t speak about it publicly. Sports is very important to me and I spend at least an hour doing sports,&rdquo; said Rahul Gandhi when asked why politicians did not take part in sports.</p>

<p>This happened at the Q&amp;A session soon after Mr. Gandhi&rsquo;s valedictory address at the annual meet of the PHD Chamber of Commerce. The Gandhi scion was responding to a question from professional boxer Vijender Singh. &nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/OfficeOfRG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OfficeOfRG</a> RG with Sensei Paritos Kar during one of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aikido?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aikido</a> sessions. <a href="https://t.co/7H9N5CuUVy">https://t.co/7H9N5CuUVy</a> <a href="https://t.co/MxCGg95IvL">pic.twitter.com/MxCGg95IvL</a></p>
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<p>The Congress vice-president also agreed to a suggestion that he should put short videos of these activities on his social media platforms.</p>

<p>On Tuesday Congress leader and social media &amp; digital communications, AICC, Divya Spandana shared some pictures of the 47-year-old. In the pictures, Rahul Gandhi is seen in different Aikido positions with a Sensei, Paritos Kar.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Tuesday&#39;s tweet seems to address that comment if anyone ever doubted the Congress leader&#39;s prowess in the Japanese martial arts form.&nbsp;</p>


The Congress vice-president earlier agreed to a suggestion that he should put short videos of his sports activities on his social media platforms.

“I do exercise, run and swim, and I am a black belt in Aikido, but [I] don’t speak about it publicly. Sports is very important to me and I spend at least an hour doing sports,” said Rahul Gandhi when asked why politicians did not take part in sports. This happened at the Q&A session soon after Mr. Gandhi’s valedictory address at the annual meet of the PHD Chamber of Commerce. The Gandhi scion was responding to a question from professional boxer Vijender Singh. .@OfficeOfRG RG with Sensei Paritos Kar during one of the #Aikido sessions. https://t.co/7H9N5CuUVy pic.twitter.com/MxCGg95IvL — Bharad (@bharad) October 31, 2017 × The Congress vice-president also agreed to a suggestion that he should put short videos of these activities on his social media platforms. On Tuesday Congress leader and social media & digital communications, AICC, Divya Spandana shared some pictures of the 47-year-old. In the pictures, Rahul Gandhi is seen in different Aikido positions with a Sensei, Paritos Kar. Tuesday's tweet seems to address that comment if anyone ever doubted the Congress leader's prowess in the Japanese martial arts form.

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