Controversial Union Minister Ashwini Choubey calls Rahul Gandhi ‘schizophrenic’

Jitendra K Shrivastava
Tribune News Service
Patna, September 1

Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey sparked controversy on Saturday when he said Rahul Gandhi appeared to have lost his mental balance and appeared to be suffering from schizophrenia.

Choubey, who is the minister of state for health and family welfare, told a news agency on Saturday that he objected to Gandhi’s remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the controversial Rafale deal.

“Rahul Gandhi called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a liar. That hurt me a lot. What he says clearly points to the fact that he’s a patient of schizophrenia. Gandhi appears to be committed to making India Congress-free. Modi’s very popular among people, and his popularity is soaring to the sky,” he said when he spoke to the press in Sasaram district, adding that the anti-BJP coalition that was still in the making was ‘Thagbandhan’ (an alliance of thieves) because its leaders weer “cursed by people”.

Yet another minister who found himself in the middle of another controversy was Union Minister Giriraj Singh. On Friday, Singh targeted Gandhi saying he should first explain whether he is a Hindu, Muslim or Christian before going on the Kailash Mansarovar visit. —With IANS