The ruling party’s daily target doesn’t change: it’s ready, aim and fire at the Gandhi family. Almost every day, amplified by TV news, the Nehru-Gandhis are targeted by one BJP functionary or another. The day could begin with an attack on Jawaharlal Nehru’s failures over China and the 1962 war, and end with assaults on Rahul Gandhi’s tweets. BJP spokespersons mock Sonia Gandhi as “Antonia Maino” on TV. During the tense standoff with China, funding of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was torn apart, and is now to be officially probed. Most recently, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was cast as a squatter who needed to be evicted from government accommodation. (Admittedly, she should have left on her own).
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