Karnataka minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Saturday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in a ‘Bhajan clubbing’ event in the capital on Friday evening. The comments drew a sharp retort from the BJP, which accused the Congress of insulting Indian heritage.
Celebrations get his presence. Accountability gets his silence. Kharge added that the Prime Minister has been avoiding questions for 13 years. “For 13 years, there has been a familiar pattern: when difficult questions confront the government, the Prime Minister is conspicuously absent from answering them.
Questioning PM Modi’s presence at the event, Kharge said that while the Prime Minister has time for Bhajan clubbing, he is silent on questions surrounding the Election Commission. “PM @narendramodi has time for ‘Bhajan Clubbing’, but no time to answer serious questions about the clubbing of democracy through the Election Commission,” he posted on X. Hitting out at the Karnataka minister, the BJP accused the Congress leader of mocking and insulting India’s heritage of “bhajan” and “bhakti”. “Does Junior Kharge have even an iota of courage to talk about clubbing accountability of Rahul Gandhi with Congress party’s dismal electoral failures, because under Rahul Gandhi’s dismal leadership, the Congress party has lost 3 consecutive Lok Sabha elections and suffered nearly 100 Assembly drubbings.”
