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Rahul Gandhi in Singapore: Congress also threatens to sue author Basu for 'defaming country abroad'

Congress has tweeted out a video in which Rahul Gandhi can be seen 'gracefully' answering the question.

New Delhi: An author who asked Congress President a question during an interactive session at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore has threatened the Congress with legal action if it doesn’t withdraw the ‘doctored’ video showing him posted on Twitter. Professor PK Basu, the author of ‘Asia Reborn’ over economic slowdown in UPA’s regime asked the Congress President that “Why is it so that in Congress regime, the per capita income has been always lower and lower than average per capita income of world but when you relinquished the government, the per capita income increased sharply.” Basu stressed that Gandhi repeatedly failed to answer his question and accused the Congress party of posting an edited and doctored video portraying as if the latter had convincingly given the answer. The author posted a video claiming that Gandhi had dodged the question. Talking to ABP News, Basu said “Rahul could not reply to the question. If he keeps broadcasting the doctored video then I will have to take legal action.” “In the video posted by Congress party, his answer was faded out,” he pointed out. In the video posted by Congress, immediately after Basu’s question, the video cuts to another member in the audience who praises the Congress. What Gandhi replied to both of them was, “You are both going to extremes. I mean give me something in the middle. I mean he (Basu) is saying I am the cause of every single problem. And you (second speaker) is saying I am the cause of every single solution. I mean, this is crazy.” “This conversation shows you the polarization. That gentleman (Basu) thinks that nothing has ever been done by the Congress party. This gentleman (second speaker) thinks that everything has been done by the Congress party. Let me tell you what the truth is. India’s success is hugely because of India’s people. However, anybody in this room who thinks that the Congress is not part of that success… needs to write a new book.” ‘Basu a fake economist’ Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi retorted to Basu’s allegations accusing him of tarnishing India’s image on the world forum by giving out fake data. He should be sued instead, she said. “You are a fake economist and only have personal agendas to carry forward. I can take legal action against you for defaming my country’s identity in a public forum abroad,” she said.
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