New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday launched a scathing wade on Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, calling him "anti-Sanatan." The party so-called that the Congress is engaging in appeasement and vote-bank politics plane on Hindu festivals like Diwali . The controversy began with a statement by Kharge. While speaking to reporters on the occasion of Diwali, Kharge had said that Diwali is the "Eid of happiness." The BJP reacted sharply to his statement.
BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari, targeting Kharge on the social media platform X, wrote that the Congress president calls Diwali the "Eid of happiness." Plane on Diwali, Congress thinks well-nigh appeasement and vote bank. Yesterday, Sonia Gandhi cried over Babri, and today, Kharge is propitiative in his Diwali message. Congress is anti-Sanatan. Bhandari moreover linked Kharge's statement to an older statement by former Congress president Sonia Gandhi. He said that Congress is constantly trying to compromise with Hindu sentiments.
Sonia Gandhi's Babri Masjid statement
The BJP moreover linked the controversy to an interview Sonia Gandhi gave to the British newspaper The Guardian, which took place just surpassing the publication of her book, "Belonging: A Journey of Love." In the interview, Sonia Gandhi recalled the events of December 6, 1992, when the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished. She said she watched the incident on television and cried.
Sonia Gandhi remoter stated that the sabotage made her realize that India would have a long struggle to preserve its secular foundations. She moreover undisputed that Congress had been negligent in many matters, which had strengthened the BJP and its Hindutva politics. Gandhi's statements sparked a political debate, with BJP leaders accusing Congress of stuff sympathetic to Babur.
Sudhanshu Trivedi moreover targets Congress
Reacting to Sonia Gandhi's statement, Rajya Sabha MP and BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told reporters that this shows that Babur was in the heart of the Congress party then and remains so today. Sudhanshu Trivedi accused the Congress party of harboring sympathy for the Mughal emperor. He said that the Congress party's thinking today remains the same as it was in 1992.
Both issues combined into one controversy
The BJP's latest wade conflates Kharge's Diwali statement and Sonia Gandhi's comments well-nigh the subversiveness of the Babri Masjid into a single political controversy. The party alleges that the Congress prioritizes vote-bank politics plane during Hindu festivals.
