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.
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.
“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,” Joshi wrote on X. BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan also condemned the Congress MP for sharing the stage with individuals who insulted women and an elderly person, stating that such actions reflect an uncouth culture and regressive politics. During this act, the comic mimicked the prime minister’s mannerisms and his way of speaking to foreign leaders. The act also made references to Modi’s foreign policy, his mother and a coin trick the prime minister had performed with children.
Several other BJP leaders, including Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and newly-appointed education minister Prahlad Joshi, also slammed Rahul Gandhi. “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,” the Uttarakhand CM also wrote on X.
