Disparaging Remarks on Joe Biden's Cognitive Abilities: Doctors demand apology from Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: A group of medical practitioners has called for a public apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his controversial remarks about the cognitive abilities of US President Joe Biden. The All India President of the National Medicos Organisation Bharat (NMO-Bharat), condemned Gandhi's comments, calling them insensitive.

In a letter to former Congress chief and Rahul Gandhi's mother Sonia Gandhi, All India President of the National Medicos Organisation Bharat (NMO-Bharat) C B Tripathi said Rahul Gandhi's comments perpetuate harmful stereotypes about ageing and cognitive health.

According to the PTI report, addressing a poll rally in Maharashtra's Amravati on November 16, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to be suffering "memory loss" like the "former President" of the US, apparently referring to Biden, the outgoing president of the United States of America.

Tripathi said in the letter, "Such statements on a public platform risk perpetuating misinformation, potentially shaping public perceptions in ways that could negatively impact the understanding and treatment of actual patients." The NMO-Bharat is deeply troubled by the remarks attributed to Rahul Gandhi, "which appeared to disparage the cognitive abilities of the President of the United States, Joe Biden", he said.