Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday mentioned U.S. President Barack Obama’s praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the latest issue of Time magazine and called it a “first time”.
Mr. Gandhi, speaking as soon as zero hour began in the Lower House, said: “I was at the Congress president’s (Sonia Gandhi) house and I saw Time magazine... Obama ji has written a long article praising Modi.”
“It is perhaps first time in 60 years the U.S. President has praised someone like this,” he said.
“Obama is not a small man... World’s biggest industrialists are in the U.S. Earlier, the U.S. Presidents used to praise (former USSR leader Mikhail) Gorbachev,” he said.
Mr. Obama wrote a profile of Mr. Modi, titled ‘India’s reformer-in-chief’, for Time magazine.
He wrote that Mr. Modi’s life story — his rise from poverty to become India’s Prime Minister — is symbolic of the country’s dynamism and potential.
