1. Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad strongly condemned Rahul Gandhi’s recent comment about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste identity.
2. Prasad labeled Gandhi’s statement as “shameful and baseless,” emphasizing the need for responsible discourse in politics.
3. The BJP urged Rahul Gandhi to refrain from making unfounded allegations and focus on constructive dialogue.
New Delhi, Feb 08: The BJP sharply criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent comment alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi belongs to the general category and not the Other Backward Class (OBC).
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned Rahul Gandhi’s statement, calling it “shameful and baseless,” and urged him to refrain from such remarks.
Prasad emphasized that people from diverse backgrounds, including the poor, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Communities, view Narendra Modi as their leader, and accused Rahul Gandhi of tarnishing the Congress party’s future with such remarks.
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Rahul Gandhi made the controversial statement during a public event as part of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Odisha’s Jharsuguda.
He alleged that PM Modi had lied about his caste, claiming that Modi was not born in the OBC category but in the Teli caste in Gujarat.
Rahul Gandhi further asserted that the BJP had bestowed the OBC tag on Modi’s community in 2000, despite his birth in the general caste.
