Congress MP Manish Tewari. File
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A post on “X” by Congress MP Manish Tewari on the Gen Z-driven revolt in India’s neighbourhood led to an exchange of words between him and the ruling BJP over domestic politics.
On Tuesday (September 23, 2025), Mr. Tewari, in his post, said the recent change in governments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal powered by protests by the younger generation showed that “entitlement is no longer acceptable to Gen X, Y, Z”.
In his post, Mr. Tewari wrote, “The toppling of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka in July 2023, Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh in July 2024, K.P. Sharma Oli in Nepal in September 2025 and now the protests against Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Philippines have one word written over them — ENTITLEMENT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO GEN X, Y, Z.” He also said, “Watch for my piece on ‘The Social Media Trends that toppled or are challenging ‘DYNASTS’. Study #nepokids or #TrillionPesoMarch in the meantime.”
This was quickly taken up by the BJP as being a hidden comment on the Congress’s leadership by the Gandhi family. BJP IT cell convener Amit Malviya termed Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi the “ultimate ‘Nepokid’ of Indian politics with Puri MP Sambit Patra stating that Indians had already removed the “nepokid” in 2014.
“Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari, member of the G-23 rebel group, takes aim at Rahul Gandhi – the ultimate ‘Nepo Kid’ of Indian politics. Forget Gen Z, even Congress’s own veterans are fed up with his regressive politics. The revolt is now from within,” Mr. Malviya said in his post on X.
“People of India are spiritual and awakened also. They did it in 2014 itself. People of India do not take to the streets to do such things. People of India do the right thing at the right time in a very disciplined manner. So they removed the Nepo kid. Now the Nepo kid is nothing today, neither anything is going to happen in case now,” Mr. Patra said.
Mr. Tewari, a member of the G23 rebel group within the Congress which had questioned the leadership, hit back saying his remarks should not be viewed as Congress versus BJP, but has serious national security implications for the country.
“Gosh I just wish that some people would grow up in life. Everything does not have to be dumbed down to a Cong – BJP he said she said or targeting X or Y. What is happening in South Asia and East Asia has serious National Security implications and why it is happening needs to be understood in the correct perspective,” Mr. Tewari responded.
Published – September 23, 2025 09:31 pm IST
