New Delhi, 13 November (H.S.): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday shared a 36-year-old letter written by his late father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on social media, saying that his father had taught him to treat every living being with love and respect. Two hours before sharing the letter, Rahul had posted another video challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a public debate.

Rahul shared an image of the letter, dated February 7, 1990, written by Rajiv Gandhi to Kishore Ajwani on the social media platform X. Alongside it, he wrote, “This is a beautiful reflection of the lesson my father taught me: to treat every living being with love and respect.”

In the letter, Rajiv Gandhi wrote that none of the people who had read Kishore Ajwani's letter and brought it to his attention had made fun of him. He added that he, too, had not done so after personally reading the letter. Rajiv Gandhi observed that no one's time could be so valuable that they could not spare a moment to acknowledge someone's good wishes and sympathy. He further wrote that a person who possesses compassion and goodwill, and has the courage to express those feelings in writing, could never be considered insignificant.

Two hours before sharing the letter, Rahul Gandhi had posted another video in which he challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate. In the video, he said he had repeatedly asserted that if the Prime Minister agreed to debate with him, his political career would come to an end. Rahul claimed that Modi was also aware of this.

He further said that the Prime Minister repeatedly labelled him anti-national. Rahul said he wanted to show the country who was actually acting against national interests and who was under whose control. He alleged that the Prime Minister had stopped commenting on him and was no longer attacking him as frequently as before. According to Rahul, Modi was exercising considerable caution, and there was a major reason behind it.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar