{"id":1026,"date":"2026-08-12T20:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:52:31","slug":"write-vishwavidyalaya-in-hindi-ill-stop-calling-you-pappu-up-minister-challenge-to-rahul-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Write Vishwavidyalaya in Hindi, I\u2019ll stop calling you Pappu\u2019: UP minister challenge to Rahul Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133189304,imgsize-84436,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/uttar-pradesh-energy-minister-ak-sharma-l-challenged-rahul-gandhis-r-hindi-language-skills.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Write Vishwavidyalaya in Hindi, I\u2019ll stop calling you Pappu\u2019: UP minister challenge to Rahul Gandhi\" title=\"Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma (L) challenged Rahul Gandhi's (R) Hindi language skills\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma (L) challenged Rahul Gandhi's (R) Hindi language skills\">Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma (L) challenged Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s (R) Hindi language skills<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NOIDA: Uttar Pradesh energy minister AK Sharma on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rahul-gandhi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi<\/a>, challenging him to write \u201cVishwavidyalaya\u201d in Hindi and saying he would stop calling him \u201cPappu\u201d if he did so.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Sharma made the remarks on the sidelines of the India Bioenergy and Tech Expo and the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Bioenergy and Technologies in Noida. His comments have since gone viral on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cIf Rahul Gandhi writes \u2018Vishwavidyalaya\u2019 in Hindi, I will stop calling him \u2018Pappu\u2019,\u201d Sharma said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>He also challenged Gandhi to visit a farm and differentiate between a maize field and a sugarcane field.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cTake Rahul Gandhi to your farm and ask him to differentiate between a corn field and a sugarcane field. He won&#8217;t be able to do so,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Sharma further questioned Gandhi\u2019s ability to speak and write in Hindi, referring to the full forms of IIT and IIM.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>\u201cRahul Gandhi can&#8217;t even tell the full form of IIT and IIM in Hindi. If he does so not English or Italian but in Hindi, I will stop calling him \u2018Pappu\u2019,\u201d Sharma said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Speaking about Uttar Pradesh\u2019s power sector, Sharma said the state would expand the installation of smart meters after creating greater awareness among consumers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cSmart meter is a good technological innovation, like your smartphone. It\u2019s very transparent, it\u2019s a very scientific instrument but we need time to explain to the consumers,\u201d Sharma said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>He said the state had temporarily paused further installations to educate consumers about the technology, its functioning and benefits before resuming the wider rollout.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Sharma also highlighted Uttar Pradesh\u2019s progress under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, saying the state had moved to second place nationally in total installations, behind Gujarat. <!-- -->He expressed confidence that Uttar Pradesh would become the top-performing state within a month.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>On bioenergy, Sharma said Uttar Pradesh had become the country\u2019s largest producer of compressed biogas (CBG), but aimed to further increase its share of the national market.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>He said the state generates around 60 million tonnes of agricultural waste annually, providing a substantial raw material base for CBG production. Its cities also generate around 15,000 tonnes of waste every day that could be used for bioenergy generation, he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Sharma invited domestic and international investors to explore opportunities in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s bioenergy sector, citing the state\u2019s large agricultural and urban waste base and supportive policies.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/noida\/write-vishwavidyalaya-in-hindi-ill-stop-calling-you-pappu-up-minister-ak-sharma-to-rahul-gandhi\/articleshow\/133189230.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma (L) challenged Rahul Gandhi&rsquo;s (R) Hindi language skills NOIDA: Uttar Pradesh energy minister AK Sharma on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, challenging him to write &ldquo;Vishwavidyalaya&rdquo; in Hindi and saying he would stop calling him &ldquo;Pappu&rdquo; if he did so.Sharma made the remarks on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chetana.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}