Mumbai’s political air crackled as Shiv Sena’s Manisha Kayande accused Rahul Gandhi of weaponizing foreign trips to harm India’s international prestige. She juxtaposed this with PM Narendra Modi’s Israel tour, which she hailed for delivering real value to the country.
Kayande, speaking candidly, said Modi’s diplomatic forays advance national interests, while Gandhi’s exploits abroad aim squarely at reputational sabotage. ‘Rahul, the Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha, is now fully revealed to the public,’ she charged.
Positioning Modi as a ‘global leader’ unbound by national frontiers, Kayande asserted that voters recognize Gandhi’s true intentions.
On Trump’s eyebrow-raising quip about Pakistan’s PM perishing if wars persist, Kayande rebuked him as a peddler of ‘misleading, baseless claims’ that the world could do without.
Amid clamor from AIMIM and others to play Siraj and Shami in the T20 World Cup, intensified post India’s dismal Super 8 outing versus South Africa, Kayande opted out of speculation. ‘Cricket knowledge isn’t my forte; let BCCI and associations handle it,’ she advised, as Team India’s semifinal hopes flicker dimly.