Author Threatens To Sue Congress Over Rahul Gandhi's Edited Singapore Video

Prasenjit K Basu, an Indian-origin economist and an author in Singapore has threatened to take the Congress to court over a tweet it posted of party president Rahul Gandhi's interaction at a university in the city state.

Basu, the author of Asia Reborn, said he will take a legal action against the Congress if the party doesn바카라�t withdraw the video it tweeted of a public interaction between him and Gandhi.

The Congress tweeted a video in which Basu is seen asking a question to the Congress president during an interactive session.

바카라�Why is it that during the years that your family ruled India, India바카라�s per capita income was growing less than the world average? And yet, in the years since your family relinquished the prime ministership of India, India바카라�s per capita income has grown substantially faster than the world average,바카라� Basu is seen asking the question in the video.

The video, however, doesn't shows Rahul answer to Basu바카라�s question. Rather, the video then cuts to another member of the audience who hails the Congress.

바카라�I am a great admirer of you great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru and I think all the good things바카라� wherever India is today is because of the Indian Congress Party. And even in the Constitution바카라� your party has very successfully put the values of the Congress party into the Constitution.바카라�

Gandhi is seen responding, saying: 바카라�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.바카라�

He adds: 바카라�This conversation shows you the polarisation. 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. India바카라�s success is hugely because of India바카라�s people (which is followed by applause from the audience).

However, anybody in this room who thinks that the Congress is not part of that success, needs to write a new book (which is followed by a big applause from the audience).바카라�

At the end of the video, Gandhi is seen inviting Basu for a 바카라�hug바카라�.

The video, however, didn바카라�t go down well with Basu.

Replying to the Congress바카라� tweet, Basu said: 바카라�This is a classic fake-news video. You are using my image to falsely advertise your politician, showing a sequence of events that did not occur. Withdraw this false video, or prepare for prosecution in Singapore바카라�s courts!바카라�

Basu later retweeted another video posted by another user, saying, 바카라�Here바카라�s the full video of my succinct question to RaGa, and his repeated failure to answer.바카라�

Defending the video, Congress leader Milind Deora told : 바카라�I don바카라�t know what this gentleman (Basu) is talking about. But there were two questions. One questioned what the family had done and the other said that the Congress has contributed. Rahul answered both questions deftly. So I don바카라�t know what the controversy is about.바카라�

Launching an attack on the BJP, Gandhi also said there is a general atmosphere of "intimidation" in India where "nasty form of politics" of dividing people are being played to win elections.

Gandhi also said there is a challenge to the institutional structure of India.

"If you ask me what am I proud about my country...It is the idea of plurality. It's the idea that people in India can say anything they want, do anything they want and they won't face any problem and that is being challenged...," he said.

"There is a particular type of politics that's not only happening in India but in a number of places - of dividing people, of using (their) anger to win elections and that's what is happening in India," he told the audience at the school, which is part of the National University of Singapore.

Commenting on the recent controversy of four senior Supreme Court judges holding an unprecedented press conference, Gandhi said, "Normally in India, the people go to the judges for justice. For the first time in my life, I saw four Supreme Court judges actually go to the people for justice. They went to the press and said that they need the people to hear their voice as there is something that is fundamentally wrong."

(With PTI inputs)

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Author Threatens To Sue Congress Over Rahul Gandhi's Edited Singapore Video

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