New Delhi: Trust the Congress president, Mr Rahul Gandhi to throw a spanner into the Union government including the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi's recent passion to showcase their fitness. As the fitness fever gripped the top echelons of the BJP and the Prime Minister accepted cricketer Virat Kholi's "fitness challenge" in the social media, the Congress president, Mr Gandhi emerged as the best troll as he dared him to respond to his "Fuel Challenge".
Mr Gandhi tweeted; "Glad to see you accept the @imVkohli fitness challenge. Here’s one from me: Reduce Fuel prices or the Congress will do a nationwide agitation and force you to do so. I look forward to yourresponse.#FuelChallenge".
Taking a cue from Mr Gandhi, the Congress spokesperson, Mr Randeep Surjewala also took a jibe at the Prime Minister saying; "Restore the economic fitness of common man by reducing the runaway prices of petrol/diesel as you fleeced Rs 10 lakh crore in four years by raising excise 11 times. Restore the job fitness of the young by giving two crore jobs as promised. Grant MSP fitness of Cost+50 percent profit to India's farmers as you promised. Anti-corruption fitness by bringing back the Rs 80 lakh crore of black money from abroad as you promised and punishing the corrupt in your government for various scams. National security fitness by stopping Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and Chinese incursion in Doka La and elsewhere." Mr Surjewala said the nation must come first while urging people to "forget the media stunts" and accept the "governance challenge".
While the Prime Minister is yet to respond to Mr Gandhi and Congress' "Fuel Challenge" he responded to Kohli's challenge and tweeted; "Challenge accepted, Virat! I will be sharing my own #FitnessChallenge video soon. @imVkohli #HumFitTohIndiaFit."
It all started with the Union Sports minister, Mr Rajyavardhan Singh's tweet urging the country to take up a #FitnessChallenge. Under the #HumFitTohIndiaFit campaign, Mr Rathore also urged actor Hrithik Roshan, cricketer Virat Kohli and badminton player Saina Nehwal to take it up.
