Hugplomacy

Cricketer-turned-minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, attacked by critics for his visit to Pakistan for Imran Khan's oath ceremony and a controversial hug shared with the Pakistani army chief, hit back today with a detailed rebuttal.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraces only privileged people and not farmers, labourers or jawans.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today defended his trademark hugs with world leaders, saying he was unaware of laid down protocols as he is a common man and this has become his strength, as his openness was liked by the world leaders.

The Congress, on Monday, asked the BJP to appreciate humour in politics, and said there was nothing vicious or malafide in the video put out by it on Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugging world leaders.

The BJP has condemned a video tweeted by the official handle of the Congress that mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi with shots of his hugs with various world leaders. The Congress has lost its "sense and balance" and is at its "lowest ebb", said senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his election rallies in Gujarat today for a strong comeback to Rahul Gandhi's weekend tweet on "hugplomacy," accusing the Congress of celebrating the release in Pakistan of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. He also asked the Congress vice president why he had hugged the Chinese ambassador during the Doklam standoff ear...

The Congress on Saturday condemned the BJP over its "shameful" barb that Rahul Gandhi was siding with terrorists after he alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "hugplomacy had failed" in keeping the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed under arrest in Pakistan.

If there was meant to be any charity in Rahul Gandhi's latest Twitter memo to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it certainly did not make the final cut. In its unforgiving burn, the Congress Vice President's latest tweet citing a media report that said the US Congress had approved a bill delinking America's military aid to Pakistan and Islamabad's crac...

Cricketer-turned-minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, attacked by critics for his visit to Pakistan for Imran Khan's oath ceremony and a controversial hug shared with the Pakistani army chief, hit back today with a detailed rebuttal.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraces only privileged people and not farmers, labourers or jawans.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today defended his trademark hugs with world leaders, saying he was unaware of laid down protocols as he is a common man and this has become his strength, as his openness was liked by the world leaders.

The Congress, on Monday, asked the BJP to appreciate humour in politics, and said there was nothing vicious or malafide in the video put out by it on Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugging world leaders.

The BJP has condemned a video tweeted by the official handle of the Congress that mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi with shots of his hugs with various world leaders. The Congress has lost its "sense and balance" and is at its "lowest ebb", said senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his election rallies in Gujarat today for a strong comeback to Rahul Gandhi's weekend tweet on "hugplomacy," accusing the Congress of celebrating the release in Pakistan of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. He also asked the Congress vice president why he had hugged the Chinese ambassador during the Doklam standoff ear...

The Congress on Saturday condemned the BJP over its "shameful" barb that Rahul Gandhi was siding with terrorists after he alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "hugplomacy had failed" in keeping the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed under arrest in Pakistan.

If there was meant to be any charity in Rahul Gandhi's latest Twitter memo to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it certainly did not make the final cut. In its unforgiving burn, the Congress Vice President's latest tweet citing a media report that said the US Congress had approved a bill delinking America's military aid to Pakistan and Islamabad's crac...