Rahul Gandhi's "escape velocity of Jupiter" speech goes viral

October 08, 2013 12:32

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's statement likening the Dalit movement to the "escape velocity of Jupiter" has gone viral. Speaking at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, Gandhi said, "In India, we have a concept of caste. If one belongs to a backward caste and wants to attain success then one needs an escape velocity of Jupiter to attain that success."

The Congress Vice President also hit out at BSP chief Mayawati for the plight of the community saying that the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister was not allowing his party to work for the Dalits.

Here's what tweets say:

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Jupiter's #EscapeVelocity for Dalits? Let #Paidmedia n #enrega propel it. Rahul is seriously humourous. I bet he just heard the word dayB4.

@S_Mandalia: Rahul gandhi shud campaign more, everytime he speaks BJP gains few thousand votes #EscapeVelocity

@fakingnews: From today onward, the universal gravitational constant, or the Big G, will stand for (Rahul) Gandhi

@sundeepgummadi So wanna meet his speech writers. You're all just jealous that Rahul Gandhi's ideas are out of this world. #EscapeVelocity.

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Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi said that there was urgent need to uplift the Dalit community in India. Speaking at the Vigyan Bhawan Gandhi said: "In India, we have a concept of caste. If one belongs to a backward caste and wants to attain success then one needs an escape velocity to attain that success. Dalits in this country need the escape of Jupiter to attain success," said Rahul." The Congress Vice President also hit out at BSP chief Mayawati for the plight of the community saying that the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister was not allowing his party to work for the Dalits. "Mayawati doesn't let others go forward in this movement. Mayawati also played role but it can't be done by one leader. We need more leaders," said Rahul. Rahul said that the nation needs more than one Dalit leader in order for the community to benefit.

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