India, July 21 -- Pappu Yadav, Independent Bihar MP, on Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi "rejected the post of the prime minister, which was offered by former PM Manmohan Singh.

In an interview, Pappu Yadav said that Rahul Gandhi, "a genius", rejected the offer for the prime minister's chair in a second.

"In a second, a Harvard student, a genius boy, who has the courage to speak the truth. rejected the chair of prime minister," Pappu Yadav said in the ANI news agency interview, taking Rahul Gandhi's name on being asked by the interviewer who he was referring to.

"Manmohan Singh ji said Rahul you become [the PM], he [Rahul Gandhi] said never," Pappu Yadav said.

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