Congress makes use of casteist slur #TeliKiMaar to assault PM Modi

A day after Congress accused RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav of utilizing casteist slur towards the AICC in-charge of Bihar, Bhakt Charan Das, the Grand Old Party resorted to attacking PM Modi with casteist slurs.
In its social media marketing campaign towards PM Modi, the official Twitter account of All India Mahila Congress used #TeliKiMaar hashtag to mark their opposition to the rising gasoline costs. Teli is an OBC group, predominantly residing in northern India and historically occupied within the urgent of oil.
Source: TwitterTogether with the patently casteist hashtag, the All India Mahila Congress shared an infographic saying the costs of edible oil have skyrocketed by 34 per cent within the month of September.
While the casteist slur made by the Congress unit concerned Teli group, it’s price noting that PM Modi belongs to the Modh Ghanchi caste, one other OBC group similar to Teli, and has endured numerous casteist assaults launched by the Congress occasion.
Congress’ repeated casteist assaults towards PM Modi
Congress chief Mani Shankar Aiyar had taken digs at PM Modi’s humble beginnings and referred to as him a ‘chaiwalla’. He had additionally referred to Modi as ‘neech insaan’ which obtained him suspended from Congress. Sanjay Nirupam, one other serial abuse has usually used derogatory phrases to abuse PM Modi by referring to him as ‘illiterate and uncouth’.
PM Modi’s humble background has at all times been a degree of criticism for Congress leaders. After senior Congress chief, CP Joshi’s low-cost casteist slur towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different leaders of the BJP, Uttar Pradesh’s Congress Chief Raj Babbar had stooped to his lowest by pulling Modi’s mom into this muck and evaluating the devaluing charge of the Indian rupee to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aged mom.
In 2014, Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil had alleged that Narendra Modi is a “fake OBC”. He had additionally claimed Modh Ghanchi caste was not within the OBC listing earlier than Modi turned CM. At that point, the Gujarat authorities had issued a clarification saying that Modi’s caste was notified as OBC in 1994 itself.
Congress slams Lalu Prasad Yadav for his casteist jibe at AICC chief
Ironically, using casteist slur towards PM Modi got here a day after Congress had expressed robust objection to supposedly casteist remarks made by RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav towards All India Congress Committee in-charge for Bihar, Bhakt Charan Das.
Addressing the media on Sunday over bypolls to Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan meeting seats, Lalu Yadav derided former ally Congress as he questioned the occasion’s usefulness as a ballot associate. Lalu Prasad stated if the RJD had left an meeting bypoll seat within the state for the Congress, the latter may lose even its deposit.
RJD’s resolution to go solo within the polls elicited a pointy response from Bhakt Charan Das, who accused Lalu Prasad Yadav’s occasion of betraying Congress.
When requested in regards to the allegation by Bhakt Charan Das that by turning its again on the Congress, the RJD was serving to the BJP, Lalu Yadav quipped, “Bhakt Charan is a bhakchonhar (stupid person)”.
The controversial comment got here forward of his return to Bihar after 6 months of convalescing from his sickness in New Delhi following launch from jail on bail post-conviction in fodder rip-off associated circumstances in April this yr.
Lalu’s insulting remarks didn’t sit properly with the Congress occasion, which accused the previous Bihar CM of slighting the Dalits of the nation. Bihar Congress spokesperson Rajesh Rathore stated, “Lalu Prasad Yadav insulted not only Bhakt Charan Das but all the Dalits of the country. The brunt of leaving the Congress was in the 2009 Lok Sabha and 2010 assembly elections. RJD has suffered. RJD should take a lesson from this.”