Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday recalled lines from a Bollywood film song to take an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the toxic air in the national Capital. Incidentally, the lines have been used as the headlines in many news channels too.
Rahul gave a twist to the couplet from a song in the 1978 film "Gaman", which looked at life in a city, and without naming Modi, indirectly referred to government inaction on pollution. "Seene mein jalan, aankhon mein toofaan sa kyun hai/iss sheher mein har shaks pareshaan saa kyun hai...(Pain in the breast, storm in the eyes/ why is everybody in the city so troubled)," he tweeted, in a clear allusion to the high levels of air pollution.
He added a new line to the words, bringing in a "Saheb" who remains quiet despite being in the know. "Kya batayeinge Saheb, sab jaankar anjaan kyun hain," he sought to know on Twitter.
He also posted with his tweet a picture of children wearing masks and a news report that said 18 lakh people died in India because of air pollution. The Congress vice-president has these days taken to Twitter with a series of one-liners, often using popular cultural idioms, to attack Modi, his Ministers and the Government.