On poll-eve, BJP attacks Congress over Kharge’s ‘Raavan’ jibe at Modi

The mentality of Congress leaders has always been to insult Gujarat and its people, says Nadda

On the eve of the first phase of voting in the Gujarat Assembly polls, BJP leaders, including party chief J.P. Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on November 30 intensified their attacks against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s “Raavan” jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The BJP leaders held that Mr. Kharge’s remark during a poll rally in Ahmedabad, comparing the Prime Minister with “Raavan”, insulted Gujarat and its people, adding that the Opposition party would face electoral consequences for it. 

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On November 30, during a roadshow at Nadiad in Gujarat, Mr. Nadda said Mr. Kharge’s barb, and another Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry’s aukat remark at Mr. Modi, exposed the party’s mindset. The Congress was betraying its frustration as it stood nowhere while the BJP was getting one-sided support across the State, he added.

Mr. Nadda said the mentality of the Congress leaders had always been to insult Gujarat and its people. 

Mr. Singh told reporters that the people of Gujarat would give a befitting reply to those using abusive words for the Prime Minister. 

He asserted that Mr. Modi was Gujarat’s “honour and pride.” The Defence Minister went a step further and said the way Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel were the leaders from Gujarat in the 20th century, so also is Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leader from Gujarat in the 21st century.