{"id":22675,"date":"2026-09-10T23:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=22675"},"modified":"2026-09-10T23:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T23:15:34","slug":"retro-looks-current-jibes-netas-give-80s-a-new-spin-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=22675","title":{"rendered":"Retro looks, current jibes: Netas give &#8217;80s a new spin | India News"},"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-134035315,imgsize-1115103,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/retro-looks-of-leaders.jpg\" alt=\"Retro looks, current jibes: Netas give '80s a new spin\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: &#8220;The 80s called, I answered,&#8221; quipped agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as he posted on X a picture of him from that era. Congress Kerala posted an invented Gujarat street scene; BJP Telangana replied with a fabricated bar scene tagged &#8220;Lusiana, Italy&#8221;, apparently alluding to Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s birthplace.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The &#8217;80s came calling, and India&#8217;s politicians answered with aviators, old albums and a little swagger. Then party accounts joined the nostalgia trip, remembering to pack a few jibes for the other side.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal shared an AI portrait of himself in a suit and aviators, saying: &#8220;Vibing to the 80s trend&#8221;. Union ports, shipping and waterways minister Sarbananda Sonowal wrote: &#8220;80s vibes: Styles fade, but the appeal is forever!&#8221; A line fit for a campaign, vintage or otherwise.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chimed in: &#8220;Back to the 80s eh!&#8221; Telangana CM Revanth Reddy appeared beside a motorbike in his post. For a while, the competition seemed to be over who wore the decade best.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Others let their albums do the talking. Congress neta Renuka Chowdhury offered a reality check: &#8220;Me? I&#8217;ve got receipts.&#8221; She shared what she de-scribed as an &#8217;80s Savvy magazine cover featuring herself.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Union minister Kiren Rijiju followed his AI makeover with a throwback he said needed neither AI nor ChatGPT. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor posted pictures with his sons, Ishaan and Kanishk. &#8220;I thought I&#8217;d join the trend the old-fashioned way,&#8221; he wrote, a real photograph a boast of its own amid the trend built on imagining the past.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>BJP&#8217;s Tamilisai Soundararajan shared wedding footage featuring then chief minister MGR and opposition leader M Karunanidhi. Rival camps on one guest list.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The party accounts added their own gloss. BJP Tamil Nadu&#8217;s montage of PM Narendra Modi mixed AI styling with archival photographs, ending with &#8220;karmayogi&#8221;. <!-- -->Congress Sevadal posted AI images of Rahul Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Then came the knowing captions. Congress Kerala&#8217;s AI image showed a bald man in an Omni van: &#8220;A Gujarat street in the 80s.&#8221; A roadside sign said in Hindi: &#8220;Please smile, you are in Delhi.&#8221; BJP Telangana&#8217;s bar scene was dated &#8220;Circa-1970&#8217;s&#8221;. Neither named its target.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The clothes belonged to another decade. The urge to have the last word was entirely up to date.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/retro-looks-current-jibes-netas-give-80s-a-new-spin\/articleshow\/134035296.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: &#8220;The 80s called, I answered,&#8221; quipped agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as he posted on X a picture of him from that era. 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