It was supposed to be a proper media interaction, but ended up being just a "byte". A byte, or bite, in media lingo, is a short audio or video clip taken from a speech or press conference and broadcast/telecast during a news report. Journalists who came to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) centre in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex this morning for Congress president Rahul Gandhi's scheduled media interaction were left wondering if they had attended the briefest-ever Press briefing.

Many of them took to social media platforms to voice their displeasure over the brief affair. As the brevity of the media interaction became a topic of ridicule in social media, Mumbai Congress unit clarified that there was "miscommunication" on part of its media co-coordinators regarding Gandhi's interaction with journalists.