In the recently concluded assembly polls, the ruling BJP and PM Modi seldom missed an opportunity to target the Gandhi family. Personalised attacks on the Gandhis have always been a hallmark of the PM’s election rhetoric. As Gujarat CM, he’s called Sonia Gandhi a “jersey cow” and “pastaben” and today regularly refers to Rahul Gandhi as the ‘naamdaar’ (dynast) in contrast to himself as the ‘kamdaar”. This vitriol against ‘the family’ may not have affected election results but it is a mirror of the syndrome that marks the ruling party: a public contempt and open loathing of the Gandhis. But is Gandhi bashing now not only beginning to sound rather tired and stale but in fact working to Rahul’s advantage?
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