India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
New Delhi, Feb 10: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday described himself as a ‘proud andolan jeevi,’ two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined the phrase in the Rajya Sabha, in reference to people who ‘can be spotted at every agitation’.
The Congress leader emphasised his point by calling Mahatma Gandhi the ‘quintessential andolan jeevi.’
Taking to Twitter, Chidambaram said, “I’m a proud andolan jeevi. The quintessential andolan jeevi was Mahatma Gandhi.” The term has not gone down well with the farmers’ leaders, who have been spearheading protests against the three farm laws, as well as the Opposition.
It can be seen that the Prime Minister came up with the term ‘andolan jeevi’ in the Upper House of Parliament on Monday, while responding to…