'Wish some people grew up': Manish Tewari jabs Amit Malviya over 'nepo kid' jibe on Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Manish Tewari (left) and BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya

Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari pushed back strongly against BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya on Monday, stressing that not every political observation needs to be reduced to a Congress-versus-BJP battle.  ‘Grow Up’: Manish Tewari Responds to BJP’s Amit Malviya on Rahul Gandhi, Dynastic Politics
“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,” Tewari wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

“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," Tewari wrote in a reply to Malviya.

His remarks came after Malviya claimed that Tewari’s earlier commentary on dynastic politics in the region was a veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi. Malviya, taking aim at the Congress’s internal fissures, wrote: “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!”

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… https://t.co/brzQF7qGrM

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— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) September 23, 2025

The exchange was triggered by Tewari’s initial post on recent political upheavals in South and Southeast Asia. He cited the toppling of Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa (July 2023), Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina (July 2024), Nepal’s KP Sharma Oli (September 2025), and ongoing protests against Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., framing them as signs that “entitlement is no longer acceptable to Gen X, Y, Z.”

He urged readers to study movements like #nepokids and #TrillionPesoMarch as part of a larger trend where social media mobilizations are challenging entrenched dynasties.

In the Philippines, where the “Trillion Peso March” has drawn an estimated 130,000 protesters in Manila over alleged flood control corruption, comparisons to the 1986 People Power movement have heightened scrutiny of dynastic rule.

While Tewari emphasized these developments as regional warning signs with national security implications for India, Malviya’s response redirected the conversation to Congress’s leadership troubles.

Tewari’s rebuttal sought to place the debate back in the context of shifting democratic currents across Asia rather than domestic party rivalries.