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'What I do with BJP, RSS': Rahul Gandhi's political lesson in martial art trick. Watch

As Rahul Gandhi teaches a martial art technique to resist an attack from the opponent, he said he does the same with the BJP and the RSS. The video is from Maharashtra when the yatra was in the state.

Published on: Nov 26, 2022, 21:39:24 IST
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Rahul Gandhihttps://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/rahul-gandhi is a blackbelt in Japanese martial art Aikido and his Bharat Jodo Yatra till now has witnessed several occasions where the Congress leader showed his martial art skill. Recently as he interacted with the Congress leaders from Maharashtra when the yatra was in the state, he taught some martial art lesson and showed what he does with the BJP and the RSS.

Rahul Gandhi displaying martial art technique to Maharashtra Congress leaders.
Rahul Gandhi displaying martial art technique to Maharashtra Congress leaders.

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In the video posted on Rahul Gandhi's YouTube channel on Saturday, the Congress leader can be seen sitting with his fellow yatris and other party leaders for a chitchat session. As they were talking, Rahul Gandhi said he would show how to convert the power or the energy of the enemy into one's own. "Like the RSS attacks you and pours all their energy into it. So, how will you take that energy and make it your own?" Rahul Gandhi said.

"I will demonstrate the principle, come," Rahul said as he was on his feet.

Rahul Gandhi shows how the hands of the attacker have to be held tightly.
Rahul Gandhi shows how the hands of the attacker have to be held tightly.

First, he made a Congress leader sit on his knees and pushed him on his shoulders from the front. The leader lost his balance when Rahul Gandhi said that the push cannot be resisted like this.

Many Congress leaders joined the queue to attack the seated person who learnt a martial art technique from Rahul Gandhi.
Many Congress leaders joined the queue to attack the seated person who learnt a martial art technique from Rahul Gandhi.

"Now I am going to tell him how to position himself to take the energy from the other person, okay? So, open your legs out and sit down," Rahul Gandhi said asking the leader to shift his body weight in the front. Then he called another leader and asked him to push the first leader from the shoulder. The trick for the seated person is to hold the attacker's hand firmly and push up, Rahul Gandhi explained as he looked on.

Then he called other leaders to join and push the seated person. After several rounds of this fun activity, the leader who was seated said, "For some strange reason, I could not feel the power at all."

"Because you took it all. That's what I do with the BJP," Rahul Gandhi said amid cheers and a round o applause.

Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra is now in Madhya Pradesh after completing its Maharashtra leg. In Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi created controversy with his remarks about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as he said Savarkar took a pension from the British and helped them.

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