Rahul Gandhi Goes Off Script In The US? Says Lok Sabha Has 546 Seats

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is currently in the United States and is amassing headlines with his address at the University of California in Berkeley.

Talking on 'India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward', he spoke about the contemporary India and its way forward as the world's largest democracy. But what caught everybody's eye was a major gaffe.

While answering a question, he got the number of seats in the Lok Sabha wrong. Gandhi said the number of seats in the Lower House was 546.

However, the number of seats in the lower house of India's Parliament is 545.

Another instance that added to Gandhi's woes was when a woman asked a question not-to-the-liking of the Congress leader and he had her shut up. But she wasn't someone to have been silenced without much retaliation. She retorted, "How is this free speech, if you are controlling what is being asked?"

Speaking at the Berkeley event, Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “massively opening” up space for the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. He also hit back at those who have accused him of reaping the benefits of "dynasty politics", and justified the charges against him, saying that the entire nation is running on it and hence, one should not go only after him. Gandhi, who is on a two-week visit to the US, will interact with global thinkers and political leaders. (ANI)