According to the US Vice President’s office, this story is untrue. said in a tweet, “Kamala Harris has not spoken with Rahul Gandhi.”
New Delhi: According to some reports, US Vice President Kamala Harris and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi spoke over the phone on Thursday night. Rahul’s interaction with the US Vice President of Indian descent, who is widely considered as a potential candidate in the upcoming presidential elections should Joe Biden withdraw, generated a lot of buzz on social media. Despite the fact that US President Joe Biden has firmly stated his intention to defeat the Republican opponent in the forthcoming polls, Democrats are calling for a “change of guard” due to the former’s advanced age.
Following rumors that Rahul Gandhi and Kamala Harris had spoken on the phone, some Congress members and supporters rejoiced in the party MP’s rising prominence abroad, while others insisted that the US Vice-President had just paid Rahul a courtesy call in honor of his appointment as Leader of the Opposition (LoP).
The false assertion has now been refuted, though. According to a senior US-based scribe, the US V-P office has denied having had any such phone conversation and called the news “inaccurate.” According to the US Vice President’s office, this story is untrue. Rahul Gandhi and Kamala Harris have not spoken,” he tweeted. Congress handles remained silent on Rahul-Kamala’s phone chat, despite social media being ablaze with rumors of it. However, certain social media accounts with a known bias towards the party purposefully portray Rahul’s “significance” in US presidential polls, which begs the question of how fake news spreads and highlights the need for a system to stop it.
