His answer was short and playful.
Two months ago, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was asked a simple question during an “Ask Me Anything” session on Instagram: was he Batman?
The scene then cuts to Batman standing on a dark skyscraper, looking out into the night. The frames keep switching between the two videos. The message from the party’s social media team appears to be that Gotham has its Dark Knight, and the Opposition has its own.
Fast forward two months, and his party has actually made him the caped crusader in a post shared on Instagram. Congress shared a thirteen-second reel on Instagram that portrays Gandhi as Gotham’s protector. A party functionary put them up. In one video, Gandhi can be seen trying to jump out of a bus window while police try to push him back inside. In another, Priyanka can be seen climbing a gate at Kingsway Camp after she was detained alongside other Congress MPs. The detentions followed a sit-in by Opposition leaders near the poll body’s office. They were demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
This is not the first time the 56-year-old leader has been likened to the vigilante. Delhi Police detained Gandhi and other leaders at around 8 pm on Tuesday.
Back in August, posters calling him “the real-life Batman” were put up near the Congress headquarters at Indira Bhawan and in parts of central Delhi.
