During is ongoing trip to Colombia, Rahul Gandhi in his speech at EIA University in Envigado made some bizarre claims about cars and motorcycles, inviting ridicule from BJP and netizens. He tried to explain ‘decentralisation’ by using several claims about vehicle engineering, crash safety, and the advantages of electric motors, using comparisons between cars and motorcycles to illustrate his points.

Rahul Gandhi first asked why cars are much heavier at 3000 kg while the weight of a motorcycle is just 100 kg. He asked, “To carry one passenger, you need 3,000 kg of metal in a car, while a 100-kg motorcycle carries two passengers. So why is a motorcycle able to carry two passengers with 150 kg of metal and a car needs 3,000?”

Then he went on to answer himself, claiming that cars are heavier

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