‘Tie bomb around Rahul Gandhi and throw him out of country’
BJP leader Pankaja Munde’s SHOCKER!
Mumbai: Controversial comments continue to emerge with campaigning gaining momentum ahead of the third phase of polling on Tuesday. The latest in series is Maharashtra Minister of Rural Development Panakaja Munde's crude comment against Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Addressing a rally at Jalna parliamentary constituency, Munde said that a bomb should be tied around Congress president's neck and he should be sent to other countries. Munde was taking an aim at Rahul in response to several Congress leaders questioning the Balakot air strikes.
"They questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he tried to make this country terror-free. When our soldiers were attacked, it was us who responded them with surgical strike. Rahul Gandhi asked us to furnish proof. I would say tie a bomb around his neck and throw him in some other country. Nowadays anyone questions us on surgical strike to grab headlines," Munde said.
Interestingly, Munde made the comments in presence of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and BJP state unit chief Danve Raosaheb Dadarao who's seeking re-election from the seat.
Congress has condemned Munde's remarks calling it cheap politics of the BJP. "The cheap thoughts of BJP leaders are being proved once again. We don’t expect anything less than that from them. Those who label a martyr (Karkare) as anti-national are capable of going to any extent. We condemn Munde’s statement,” said Sachin Sawant, Congress spokesperson.
Jalna has been BJP's stronghold since the 1996 elections and in 2014, Dadarao, who defeated Congress’s Autade Vilas Keshavrao by over two lakh votes.
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TN Assembly elections: Eight-month pregnant homemaker wins Thiru Vi Ka Nagar seat for TVK
Chennai (PTI): Before giving birth, she had already delivered a mandate—a symbol of hope for Thiru Vi Ka Nagar.
Echoing Delhi’s 2013 “common citizen” political churn associated with the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), an eight-month-pregnant homemaker, M R Pallavi, has been elected as an MLA from Chennai’s Thiru Vi Ka Nagar constituency, emerging as one of the notable first-time faces of the Vijay-led TVK in the recently held Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
In the narrow lanes of Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, a steady stream of media personnel has been making their way to Pallavi’s residence—a scene reminiscent of the result day in Delhi when journalists thronged the modest home of Rakhi Birla, who had won from Mangolpuri on an AAP ticket.
Pallavi, 36, a homemaker educated up to class XII, defeated the DMK candidate K S Ravichandran by a margin of 22,333 votes in the reserved Thiru Vi Ka Nagar Assembly constituency.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam emerged as the single largest party by winning 108 seats, while DMK and AIADMK got 59 and 47, respectively.
Pallavi’s victory has drawn attention due to her personal circumstances. She campaigned extensively while eight months pregnant, going door-to-door to reach voters.
According to local accounts, she even fainted once during the campaign but continued her outreach.
She has not spoken to the media following her victory, as doctors have advised her to rest. Her husband, Rajesh, briefly recounted her campaign efforts.
A self-professed admirer of actor-turned-politician Vijay, Pallavi joined TVK soon after its formation and is now among its first-time legislators.
Doctors have advised her to be hospitalised around May 20, as she is expecting her second child. Ahead of that, voters in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar have entrusted her with representing them in the state Assembly.
Political observers say the rise of candidates like Pallavi signals a possible shift in Tamil Nadu’s political landscape, with voters backing a new party and candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.
