"Unbelievable": Nirmala Sitharaman Attacks Jairam Ramesh Over 'Wrong' Post
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh engaged in a public dispute over a social media clip from an Andhra Pradesh event. Ramesh claimed the video showed public anger, while Sitharaman and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu clarified that the crowd was simply eager to interact with their leaders.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the increasing role of social media in political misinformation and the rapid escalation of partisan rhetoric in Indian politics.
A political row broke out between the Congress and the NDA on Sunday after a clip of a brief interruption to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech at Andhra Pradesh's Madanapalle on October 2 surfaced on social media.The video showed Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu speaking to the crowd.After a user by the handle name 'Suleman Khan' posted the 30-second clip with the claim that the crowd was demanding jobs, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh came into the scene and reposted it, taking a swipe at the finance minister."The finance minister herself is seeing how much anger there is among the public.
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