New Delhi:Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has finally got a haircut and has trimmed his beard ahead of his address at the University of Cambridge. This is a stark contrast to the bearded Rahul we got used to seeing while he was on his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Twitterati went gaga over Rahul Gandhi's new look with pictures of Rahul in short hair, all suited up, flooding social media.
"Rahul Gandhi trims off his beard, finally," a Twitter user wrote while another said that it will be a mammoth task for the BJP IT cell to put a price on his tie, shirt, and his suit.
Rahul's beard, his trademark white t-shirt and the fact that he was not putting on any winterwear until his Yatra reached Kashmir invited much attention from his political opponents. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had suggested that Rahul should cut off his beard. He had also likened him to Saddam Hussein adding that if he shaves he will look like former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Earlier when the Congress MP started his Yatra in south India in his white t-shirt there the saffron brigade attacked him for speaking about poverty while sporting a Burberry t-shirt that costs over Rs 41, 000. The fact that he was not seen in any winterwear while his Yatra was traversing through Punjab and Haryana in the winter months invited awe and criticism from the BJP IT cell as well. Questions were asked about why Rahul does not feel cold in the chilly winters in Delhi.
Rahul's yatra began on September 7, 2022. It started from Kanyakumari and traversed through 12 states and culminated in Jammu and Kashmir. It covered a distance of about 4,000 km over four-and-a-half months.