Political poster war escalates between BJP, Congress on social media; KPCC files police complaint
Bengaluru: In the midst of a heated poster war on the micro-blogging site 'X', KPCC General Secretary Y. Puttaraju filed an official complaint with the cybercrime police station central division in Bengaluru on Friday. Puttaraju demanded strict action against the BJP's 'X' account, accusing it of posting defamatory remarks using Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's portrait.
In the official complaint, Puttaraju alleged that the BJP's 'X' account (BJP4India) had spread false information and made derogatory remarks against Rahul Gandhi, using terms such as 'anti-religion,' 'anti-Sri Ram,' and 'modern Raavana.' These allegations, according to the complaint, had hurt Rahul Gandhi's supporters and the party.
Additionally, Puttaraju pointed out that the BJP seemed to be deliberately inciting Congress workers and Rahul Gandhi’s followers, demanding thorough scrutiny of the saffron party’s social media activities and appropriate action.
The controversy began when the BJP's 'X' account posted a poster portraying Rahul Gandhi as the 'new age Raavan.' In response, the Congress retaliated by posting a picture of Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah, labeling the Prime Minister as the 'Jumla Boy,' leading to an escalation of the poster war.
The Congress strongly condemned the BJP's poster, describing it as "obnoxious" and "downright dangerous." Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized the BJP's actions, stating that the poster was intended to incite violence against Rahul Gandhi. He called it completely unacceptable and dangerous, asserting that the Congress would not be intimidated.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in her response on 'X', questioned the level to which politics and debate were being taken. She addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J.P. Nadda, questioning the violent and provocative tweets being posted from the official Twitter handle of their party. She reminded them of their vows of uprightness and the promises made.
The Congress, in its response, tweeted another poster showing PM Modi with the text 'Adani,' repeating its allegation that the billionaire had significant influence within the government.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
