Congress president Rahul Gandhi has stirred a hornets' nest again with his guest lectures and media conferences abroad. Rahul's party and his sympathisers see it as a full-throttle attack on the current dispensation, ahead of a fight that is going to be the BJP versus all. Rahul's adversaries say he has defamed the country, and have demanded an apology from him for comparing the RSS to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Congress has defended the leader, saying the BJP and RSS deserve nothing less than what its president has said.

Congress's outreach programme overseas has been as eventful as Modi's dos on foreign soil, and after seeing what has happened so far, both parties can't be absolved of targetting each other in front of Indian diaspora, students and journalists. If Modi caught the eyes of the world while addressing well-oiled events, Rahul, too, has emerged as a hero in India and abroad, as he spoke his mind.