Mumbai, November 14 (Yes Punjab News)
Veteran actor Dalip Tahil has taken a dig at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s recently released memoir, describing it as the “Best own goal”.
In a video shared on Instagram on Saturday, the ‘Baazigar’ actor spoke about the Congress party’s rule, Sonia Gandhi and the Gandhi family, while comparing the party’s political journey with the BJP’s rise to power.
Tahil said the book offered a blueprint of the Congress party’s DNA and presented a revealing picture of the country’s first political family.
He said people had once believed the Gandhi family possessed political depth, substance and vision, but Sonia Gandhi’s memoir had revealed a different picture.
Recalling the BJP’s rise under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tahil said he had initially been sceptical about how Modi would displace a Congress party that was widely perceived to have considerable experience and political depth.
He said Modi eventually succeeded in doing so and questioned what had happened to the Congress. Tahil attributed the party’s decline to people who, according to him, had remained close to the leadership for personal gains and left when its political fortunes changed.
The actor also reflected on the public’s tendency to place people on a pedestal because of their foreign origins. He said the absence of social media at the time had limited public insight into the Gandhi family’s thinking.
Tahil added that he had grown up during Congress rule and had witnessed how the party functioned over the years.
Concluding his remarks, he described the memoir as an important source for understanding what the country had experienced during the past 45 to 50 years.
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