People don't take 'entertainer' Rahul Gandhi seriously: BJP
Lucknow, April 19: The BJP on Thursday slammed Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during his two-day visit to Amethi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the people of the country do not take him (Rahul Gandhi) seriously.
Referring to the recent remarks of the Gandhi scion about Modi, party spokesman Chandra Mohan said the Congress and other opposition parties were jittery about the offensive launched by the BJP against corruption and hence, they were engaging in mud slinging.
Terming many remarks made by the Amethi MP as childish, Mohan told reporters that many acts of immaturity like standing in a queue outside ATMs during the post-demonetisation days, showing a hole in his kurta pocket and tearing ordinances, has made Rahul Gandhi a laughing stock in the eyes of the people.
"At best, his statements entertain the people... no one takes him seriously," the BJP leader said.
The Congress has not been able to digest its one after another defeat and also the fact that there was nothing they can charge the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government with, and hence they were making false and baseless allegations, Mohan added.
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Lalu Prasad slams BJP over heckling of woman singer
Chaos over "Raghupati Raghav..." at Vajpayee memorial
Patna, Dec 26: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Thursday slammed the BJP over alleged heckling of a woman artist who sang a bhajan, known to be a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi, at a function organised on the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee a day ago.
The RJD supremo, on his X handle, alleged that the BJP leaders had taken exception to the phrase 'Sita Ram' and asked the singer to apologise before erupting in roars of "Jai Shri Ram".
The well-attended function was held on Wednesday at Bapu Sabhagar, a sprawling state-of-the-art auditorium in the heart of the city.
The septuagenarian alleged that the incident was "reflective of the misogyny that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar was known for" and its "disdain for females was resulting in disrespect for 'Sita Mata'."
However, BJP sources, who did not wish to be named, pointed out that the newspaper report shared by Prasad in an earlier tweet clearly stated that the furore was not over 'Sita Ram', but the subsequent stanza - 'Ishwar Allah Tero Naam'.
The sources claimed that party workers were opposed to the "recital of a line that was not part of the original verse composed by 15th-century poet Narsi Mehta, but inserted later, apparently in line with Gandhi's Hindu-Muslim unity plank".
संघियों और भाजपाइयों को “जय सियाराम, जय सीताराम” के नाम एवं नारे से शुरू ही नफरत है क्योंकि उसमें माता सीता का जयकारा है। ये लोग शुरू से ही महिला विरोधी है तथा “जय श्री राम’ के नारे के साथ आधी आबादी महिलाओं का भी अपमान करते हैं।
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) December 26, 2024
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