'Political views are your own but speed up investment returns': Congress' Rahul to his investment advisor

New Delhi: "Muthu ji, your political views are your own -- but please do speed up the returns on my investments." This was Rahul Gandhi's witty response to a post by his investment advisor in which he had said that despite knowing about his support for the BJP, Gandhi differentiated between professional service and political beliefs.

In a post on X, investment advisor Muthukrishnan Dhandapani said, "Not going to share any personal details. I just want to highlight how perception is different from reality. This is not to support any political party or leader. I want to let you know things are not as they look."

"In 2013, my client who was professionally working for Rahul Gandhi suggested my name to him to handle his mutual fund investments. From 2013, when UPA 2 was in power to till date when Vijay was sworn in with Congress support, Rahul continues to be my client for mutual fund investments," Dhandapani said.

"We have exchanged many mails and have spoken over the phone a lot of times. And as you are aware, I've been a strong (Narendra) Modi supporter from 2014 to 2024.

"Never once Rahul or his office staff brought that subject to me. I believe my tweets are regularly seen by his staff. They clearly differentiate between my professional service and political beliefs," the investment advisor said.

And in every single conversation he has had with Rahul, he addresses him with respect and never behaves in any haughty manner, Dhandapani said.

"Despite knowing my BJP support, he took my input a few years ago for choosing a key professional. This post may lead to Rahul terminating our professional relationship. That's ok. Everything should end one day," Dhandapani said.

"I wanted to post this to show how mainstream media and IT cells of parties can make someone look completely inhuman. I do not know Rahul Gandhi as a politician. Based on the last 14 years of interaction, all I can say is he respects professionals a lot and is a nice human being to interact with," he said.

Don't go by media or IT cells - for any party, Dhandapani added.

Responding to Dhandapani's post, Gandhi said, "Muthu ji, your political views are your own - but please do speed up the returns on my investments."

Dhadapani then said he was pleasantly surprised by Gandhi's response.