The BJP on Friday mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his unusual car-and-bike analogy used to explain decentralisation of power during a speech at EIA University in Envigado, Colombia. Taking a dig at him, the BJP said companies like Harley-Davidson and Toyota must be “beating their chests” after hearing his “amazing engineering gyan.”

During his talk, Gandhi asked, “Why does a motorcycle weigh 100 kilos while a car weighs 3,000 kilos? A 100-kg bike carries two people, but a car carrying one person needs 3,000 kg of metal.”

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He explained that in an accident, a bike’s engine separates from the rider, but in a car, the engine could injure the driver, which is why cars are designed to prevent that. Gandhi linked this to electric vehicles, saying multiple smaller motors in

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