In his opinion piece for India Today, Hamid Mir writes, ‘What do Imran Khan and Rahul Gandhi have in common? Last year, when both the opposition leaders measured flour in litres, some people in Pakistan and India started comparing them. He wrote, ‘They both have many things in common. Imran can speak good Urdu but cannot read it properly. According to some reports in Indian media, Rahul uses Roman script to read Hindi in Parliament.
What is common between Imran and Rahul?
Hamid Mir further wrote, ‘Imran has studied from Oxford and Rahul has studied from Cambridge University. Imran was disqualified from membership of Parliament by the Election Commission of Pakistan last year. Rahul has also recently been disqualified from Parliament after being convicted by a Gujarat court. Imran was disqualified for one term and was later allowed by Pakistani courts to contest by-elections. Will Rahul also get relief from the court like Imran?
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‘No comparison between India and Pakistan’
In his article, the Pakistani journalist wrote, ‘We can compare Imran Khan’s politics with Rahul Gandhi but we cannot compare the democracy of Pakistan and India.’ He wrote that India saw only one Emergency which was imposed by Rahul Gandhi’s grandmother. But the Pakistanis faced four martial laws for a total of 33 years. Pakistani courts have always bowed to the dictates of military dictators.