Rahul Gandhi In US Takes '56-Inch Chest, Direct Connection With God' Dig At PM Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claims of "56-inch chest" and "direct connection with God" during his visit to the US.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi speaks at Georgetown University in Washington DC, US.

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Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi trained guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday saying the PM's claim of a 56-inch chest and direct connection with God has now all become history after the Lok Sabha election result. He also said that the opposition had "blown him apart" when he said he had a direct connection with god.

"In Parliament, I see the Prime Minister right up front and I can tell you that the idea of Mr Modi, 56-inch chest, direct connection with God, that’s all gone now, it’s is all history now...," Gandhi said while addressing a gathering in Virginia, US. 

Modi had come under fire from the opposition after he said during the Lok Sabha election campaign that he is not biological and had a direct connection with God. 

Speaking at Georgetown University in Washington DC later, Gandhi said Modi knew his coalition would not get seats between 300 and 400 halfway through the Lok Sabha polls. "...Halfway through the campaign, Modi didn't think that he was near 300-400 seats...We knew when he said that I speak directly to God," he said. 

"We knew that there we had blown him apart...We saw it as a psychological collapse...The coalition that brought Narendra Modi to power has collapsed," he added. 

Rahul Gandhi Calls For Caste Census 

During the interaction at Georgetown University, the Congress MP called for a caste census saying India's 90 per cent of population comprises OBCs, Dalits, and Adivasis but they don't get to play the game. 

"The elephant in the room is that 90% of India, OBCs, Dalits, and Adivasis don't play the game...Caste census is a simple exercise to know how the lower castes, backward castes and Dalits are integrated into the system," the Congress leader advocated. 

He pointed out that people from these groups have no ownership of the top 200 businesses in India and "almost no participation" in the highest courts of the country. 

"We want to understand what their social and financial position looks like...We also want to look at the Indian institutions to know a sense of India's participation in these institutions," he added.