New Delhi, April 25: As self-styled godman Asaram was on Wednesday sentenced for life for raping a minor girl, the Congress party posted a video on Twitter, showing him with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"'A man is known by the company he keeps' - Aesop's fables #AsaramVerdict," tweeted the party attaching the video.
The video shows Modi saying that he had been getting Asaram's blessings from the time no one knew him. It also showed clippings of Asaram blessing Modi.
A Special Court in Jodhpur on Wednesday convicted the godman for raping the minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013 and sentenced him to a prison term for life, till his natural death.
"A man is known by the company he keeps" - Aesop's fables #AsaramVerdict pic.twitter.com/CTOQ8HKJ1O
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 25, 2018
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Bantwal: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, a meeting of Congress workers from Bantwala Assembly Constituency was convened at Narayana Guru Sabha Bhavan in B.C. Road. Padmaraj R who. is the Congress candidate for the DK Lok Sabha constituency addressed the gathering and spoke about the party's commitment to serving the people.
Padmaraj highlighted the development projects brought to the district by Congress leaders over the years, including the Port, Airport, N.M.P.T., and K.P.T.C.L. He contrasted this with the BJP's record, urging party workers to confidently seek votes from the people based on Congress's track record of pro-people schemes.
Coming from a humble background, Padmaraj spoke on the value of education and his involvement in social work. He expressed his commitment to working closely with party workers to ensure that their efforts align with the desires of the people.
Former minister Ramanatha Rai, the D.K. district election in-charge, praised Congress's focus on uplifting the poor and highlighted the impact of guarantee schemes implemented by the state government.
DCC president Harish Kumar called on party workers to conduct door-to-door campaigns to publicise the state government's guarantee schemes to win over voters.
Several party leaders and officials, including Geru Corporation President Mamata Gatti, Block Congress Presidents Baby Kunder and Sudheep Kumar Shetty, were also present at the meeting.