RaGa’s Michelle Obama Remark Has Twitterati Scratching Their Heads

Delete your speechwriter, say Twitterati on Rahul Gandhi’s sexist remark on Michelle Obama.

Rahul Gandhi (L) Michelle Obama(R) (Photo Courtesy: The Quint)

Rahul Gandhi has done it again. He is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. This time, he has gone and run his mouth at a rally in Jaunpur.

On 6 March, while addressing the rally in the context of making Jaunpur a manufacturing hub, Rahul Gandhi went and made a Michelle Obama reference.

Before we break our heads over the possible relation between UP elections, Jaunpur and the US’ former First Lady Michelle Obama, let’s take a look at what it was that he actually said:

<i>Jab Obama ji ki patni America mein apni rasoi mein kuch pakaye, patilon ko dekh kar kahein sundar patila hai, aur patile pe likha ho ‘Made in Jaunpur.’</i> (When Obama’s wife prepared food in her kitchen in the States, she would admire the utensils. And these admirable utensils would be engraved with the words: ‘Made in Jaunpur’)

Rahul Gandhi at a rally in Jaunpur

RaGa’s Comment Labelled Sexist

The absurdity of the reference and the out-of-place ‘Made In Jaunpur’ thing aside, the sexist overtone of the comment did not go un-spotted. Rahul Gandhi’s assumption that Michelle Obama, being a woman, would inevitably find herself admiring kitchenware, didn’t sit well with many.

#RaGaWallaObama Is Now A Thing

All those who are already desensitised to Rahul Gandhi’s frequently questionable comments in public places have decided to get a good laugh out of this. As soon as the news about the speech made headlines, #RaGaWallaObama started trending in no time.

It hasn’t even been a month since the Congress Vice President came under fire on social media for his animated full form of SCAM. Seriously though, who writes his speeches?