The BJP on Monday (November 9, 2026) came down heavily on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for calling Diwali a ‘khushiyon ka Eid’, and dared him and senior Opposition party leader Rahul Gandhi to call Eid a ‘Diwali of joy’.
The BJP also called the Congress an anti-Sanatani party. “Recall Sonia Gandhi crying for ‘Babri’. In the past, when Sanatan was called ‘Dengue Malaria Aid’, the Congress was silent! Under Gandhi Vadra family Policy of Congress is anti-Sanatan, Anti Hindu,” Mr. That’s why this Congress party is MMC [Maowadi Muslim League Congress], as Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls it,” he added. In another post, Mr.
“So, the Congress party effectively wants to celebrate Eid 10-12 times a year.
Reacting to his comments, BJP’s national media co-in-charge and spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said the Congress chose vote bank politics even on Deepavali with the party president describing Deepavali as an “Eid of Happiness”. Bhandari said. BJP’s national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said in a post on X, “Mr Kharge, what exactly is the problem with calling Deepavali, the biggest festival of Hindus, by its own name? Another BJP spokesperson, Tuhin Sinha, said Muslims celebrate Eid only twice a year, but the Congress party wants to celebrate every Hindu festival as “Khushiyon ki Eid. Bhandari said the Congress thinks of appeasement and vote bank even on occasions like Deepavali, and that shows the anti-Sanatani mindset of the Congress party.
