Rahul Gandhi was referred to as Pappu, Uncle Sam reminds people

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Attacked as 'Pappu' by rivals, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi walked for over 4,000 km and worked tirelessly to shed that image..

People forgot the 'Pappu' tag and even BJP leaders stopped using it for him, until Congress's very own Sam Pitroda reminded people of it...

What was supposed to be a praise by Pitroda, the Chairperson of the Indian Overseas Congress, reminded people of the tag that not even the BJP now uses to refer to Rahul...

That is why it came as a pleasant surprise when Sam Pitroda, a senior Congress leader, reminded people that Rahul Gandhi was once called "Pappu"...

"You called Rahul Gandhi Pappu, and he has made you [BJP] a Pappu," Adhir Ranjan, then leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said in Parliament in 2023...

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