A war of words broke out between BJP leaders and leaders of several opposition parties over the mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Saturday.
Union education minister Prahlad Joshi posted on X, “Shameful and disgusting! Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party have stooped to an absolute nadir of moral bankruptcy. Weaponising a student interaction to mock and insult the late mother of PM Shri @narendramodi ji reveals a shocking lack of basic human empathy and political culture.
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said Gandhi could consider “stand-up comedy” as a career. He said that the Congress leader had already left his political party “unemployed.
Earlier reporting noted: PM Modi’s mimicry at Rahul Gandhi event irks BJP: ‘Mother is not subject of politics’ A fresh row between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party has erupted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with an elderly woman was mimicked at a Rahul Gandhi-led event. Earlier reporting noted: In the video shared by both the BJP and the Congress, Rahul Gandhi is seen laughing at the Indore event after the speaker referred to the interaction at the PM’s previous rally. Earlier reporting noted: Several other BJP leaders, including Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and newly-appointed education minister Prahlad Joshi, also slammed Rahul Gandhi.
In a post on X, he wrote, “The irony writes itself. The need to come on stage every now and then just to drag Prime Minister Modi ji’s name into cheap political theatre never fails to amaze me. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami wrote, “A mother is not a subject of politics. The insult to a mother cannot be acceptable in any civilized society. Engage in political opposition, but laughing at the indecent remarks made about the late mother of the Prime Minister ji exposes your own political culture. Opposition parties defended the mimicry, arguing that criticising the prime minister is part of democratic rights.
opposition leaders from the Congress , AAP and TMC rallied in his support While several BJP leaders called it a “cheap political theatre” and suggested that Gandhi should “become a stand-up comedian”. Union minister Piyush Goyal criticised Gandhi’s act, describing it as “cheap political theatre”. Congress leader Raashid Alvi said the incident involved “mimicry and nothing else”. He alleged that the “real insult” came from remarks Modi had made about senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
