Cockroach Janta Party on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP’s new Gen Z outreach programme and its choice of leaders, sarcastically saying, “Three claps to the BJP for a marvellous set of ‘Gen Z faces’.”
In the overhaul, key names that were given responsibilities include former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje and former Union minister Smriti Irani. The 65-member team announced on August 17 comprises 51 new faces, including Kavita Patidar, K Surendran, Manoj Tigga, and Sandeep Pathak.
“And Smriti Irani… well well… just Google why she was thrown out of the Education Ministry within two years, in 2016.
Taking to X, party’s chief spokesperson Saurav Das called out BJP National President Nitin Nabin for earlier calling the youth of the country “virus and cockroach” and comparing them with the “tukde tukde gang. “BJP National President Nitin Nabin, National General Secretaries Smriti Irani and Vinod Tawde, Gujarat Minister Harsh Sanghavi, Chhattisgarh Minister OP Choudhary, along with several other leaders, have been included in the team constituted for the outreach initiative,” ANI reported citing sources. Launching an attack on Smriti Irani, Das said that it should be “googled” why she was thrown out of the education ministry within two years. He also questioned her degree from what he said was “Yell University. Her handling of Rohith Vemula’s suicide case, her dismantling of public universities, her own questionable degree from “Yell University” give her great moral authority to lecture us young people.”
Das’s reaction comes after BJP on Saturday constituted a dedicated team to spearhead its upcoming Gen Z Outreach Programme, aimed at strengthening engagement with young people across the country, news agency ANI reported.
The BJP is expected to soon kick off its Gen Z outreach programme as part of its efforts to build a more direct and sustained engagement with younger voters, according to ANI.
