Sir @OfficeOfRG,who knows him better than me.Still remember you busy feeding biscuits 2 him while We wanted to disc… https://t.co/Q8hOuRfozE — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) 1509266442000

Love You Pappu: Rahul Gandhi's ex-aide releases movie teaser

NEW DELHI: A Congress functionary has made a documentary on former party president Rahul Gandhi ’s alleged habit of not meeting leaders. The movie is to be released in April-end but its teaser is already out. The teaser has come out at a time when former Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the party and joined BJP for being ignored in the party.The two-hour duration movie, called ‘Love you Pappu’, is being produced by Pankaj Shankar , a former aide of Rahul Gandhi. Shankar was Rahul’s media pointsman for 10 long years till 2014-2015.The movie’s teaser shows Mahatma Gandhi visiting the Tughlaq Lane official residence of Rahul Gandhi. Despite having an appointment to meet Rahul Gandhi, Gandhiji waits for a couple of hours before being told that the Congress leader was extremely busy and that he would not be able to meet him.Meanwhile, the film presumably depicts Rahul Gandhi racing motorbike on Delhi roads instead of meeting Gandhiji.The most unfortunate part of the movie is when Rahul Gandhi’s assistant asks Gandhiji’s “visiting card”. This leaves Gandhiji shocked and saddened.Talking to timesofindia.com, Pankaj Shankar said Gandhiji in the movie represents the aspirations of millions of diehard Congress workers, sympathisers and leaders who are continuously ignored by the leader. “The office of Rahul Gandhi's ignorance of ground reality is portrayed by the personal assistant who failed to recognise Mahatma Gandhi,” he said.Jyotiraditya Scindia who quit Congress to join BJP on March 11 has similar grievances as Gandhiji in the movie. Scindia’s cousin Pradyot Manikya Debbarma is on record saying that Jyotiraditya had been trying to meet Rahul Gandhi for several months but no appointment was given.However, Rhul Gandhi is reported to have refuted Scindia’s charge. "He (Scindia) is the only chap in Congress who could walk into my house anytime," Rahul Gandhi was quoted as telling news agency ANI.Earlier, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had made a similar charge against Rahul Gandhi. He was a senior Congress leader in Assam but he felt humiliated by Rahul Gandhi over seeking a meeting with him to discuss his state’s political situation.Sarma managed to meet Rahul Gandhi in March 2015. However, Rahul Gandhi was busy feeding biscuits to his pet dog instead of discussing the political situation in the northeastern state.Sarma tweeted about that fateful meeting in October 2017 in reply to a post by Rahul Gandhi on his pet Pidi. “Sir @OfficeOfRG, who knows him better than me? Still remember you busy feeding biscuits to him while we wanted to discuss urgent Assam's issues,” Sarma wrote.Not just Scindia and Sarma, there are other leaders who have similar grudges against Rahul Gandhi.One of the issues discussed by the movie ‘Love you Pappu’ is the complain against Rahul Gandhi regarding appointment or the lack of it.