Ridiculed for a decade, India's Rahul Gandhi slows Modi juggernaut

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi emerged at the centre of an alliance that made deep inroads into ruling party strongholds. - Reuters

NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, mocked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters for a decade as an entitled dynast, marked a stunning comeback on June 4 (Tuesday), emerging at the centre of an alliance that made deep inroads into ruling party strongholds.

The scion of India’s fabled Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty embarked on two cross-country marches against what he called Modi’s politics of hate and fear, giving a jolt of enthusiasm to his Congress party and rehabilitating his own image.