Media misquotes BJP chief P Muralidhar Rao to assert ‘Brahmins and Baniyas’ are in his pockets

On Tuesday (November 9), a number of media homes claimed that BJP chief P Muralidhar Rao stated that the occasion has full management over Brahmins and Baniyas within the nation. One of the media homes which peddled the identical was NDTV.
Screengrab of the tweet by NDTV
Besides NDTV, ABP News and Amar Ujala too made such outlandish claims. The stated remark was made by P Muralidhar Rao throughout a press convention held in Bhopal on Monday (November 8). Since the media homes revealed it with out highlighting the context, it created an upheaval in political spheres.
The Truth behind the ‘Brahmin-Baniya in pocket’ declare
A whole video of the media interplay of the BJP chief was revealed on Twitter by in style consumer and activist Ankur Singh. During the press convention, a journalist requested, “BJP has been known as a Brahmin-Bania party till now. Should we start calling it SC-ST-OBC party?” In response to the skewed query posed by the journalist, P Muralidhar Rao remarked, “I have Brahmin and Baniya in my pocket…When our leaders and voters were Brahmins, you called us the Brahmin party. When there was a Baniya, you called us Baniya party.”
The BJP chief was once more interrupted by the journalist, who then requested him to run the occasion on the agenda of ‘development.’ P Muralidhar Rao clarified, “When I started the party, I did so for all sections of the society. At that time, we had the support of some sections of society. Journalists would then write that the party belonged to that particular section of the society. We did not change our roots based on what you wrote.”
A Journalist referred to as BJP Brahmin-Bania occasion, @PMuralidharRao was simply answering it within the language they perceive. Was interrupted after which assertion twisted.Check full assertion on what he really meant. https://t.co/Sc2dKxYqHu pic.twitter.com/tV425Odedm— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) November 9, 2021
He added that as a result of a low illustration of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes in BJP, the occasion was making endeavours to extend their illustration and provides the impression that may be a occasion for all. “We are not leaving Brahmins, Baniyas or other sections to mould ourselves to accommodate anyone.” P Muralidhar Rao additionally identified that earlier the media would label the BJP as a ‘Delhi-based party’ and even a neighborhood occasion. He implied that regardless of all labels based mostly on caste and area, BJP will proceed to stay a celebration for each citizen of India.