With Sonia Gandhi’s ‘poor thing’ remark about President Murmu, Congress may lose moral high ground, payback time for BJP

For instance, addressing the “Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan” rally successful Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, connected Monday, Gandhi said, “The BJP says that a 2nd independency has been achieved, that existent independency has been achieved. I privation to inquire you, did you spot immoderate mediocre idiosyncratic astatine the inauguration of the Ram Temple? Did you spot immoderate labourer, immoderate farmer, immoderate backward assemblage member? We person a President who is Adivasi, but the President was not allowed wrong the temple. Dalits were not allowed inside, backward communities were not allowed inside. The inauguration of Parliament happened, but the President was not allowed inside. Narendra Modi says you are tribals, but you cannot travel inside. This is the reality.”

The astir salient taxable of Gandhi’s speeches since the Lok Sabha predetermination run has been the accusation that Prime Minister Modi and the BJP authorities were denigrating the Constitution. Displaying a pocket-sized Constitution with a reddish screen since then, helium argued that the BJP had small respect for the Constitution and wanted to alteration it.

During the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, addressing a radical of tribals successful Gujarat’s Dahod territory successful March 2024, helium brought up the substance of Murmu’s lack from the Ram Temple inauguration.

“You each saw the Ram Mandir inauguration, but did you spot the President of India there? Why was she not allowed to enter? It was due to the fact that she was a tribal truthful she was prohibited … Did you spot immoderate mediocre farmers oregon labourers? But you saw RSS leaders wrong the temple and you saw successful attendance the Adanis, Ambanis, and the full of Bollywood and cricket fraternity. Did you spot immoderate mediocre person?”

The Ram Temple Trust subsequently dismissed Gandhi’s allegations and claimed the President had been invited to the consecration lawsuit connected January 22, 2024.

And not conscionable Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge excessively has often accused the BJP authorities of “humiliating” President Murmu and her predecessor Kovind by not inviting them to the 3 events.

The BJP’s strident onslaught pursuing Sonia Gandhi’s remarks aims to disrupt and harm the cautiously crafted societal justness communicative of the Congress. Gandhi and the Congress person been talking the connection of societal justness for immoderate clip now, from goals specified arsenic the adjacent practice of castes and a nationwide caste census to the removal of the 50 per cent ceiling connected reservation.

It is nary astonishment that the BJP, particularly Prime Minister Modi, latched connected to the remarks to reason that the Congress insults the poor, OBCs, Dalits, and tribals astatine each step. After all, the Winter Session of Parliament ended with the Congress and the Opposition up successful arms against Union Home Minister Amit Shah implicit his remarks astir B R Ambedkar.

Replying to a statement successful Rajya Sabha connected the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India”, Shah said past month: “Abhi ek manner ho gaya hai — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar… Itna naam agar Bhagwan ka lete toh saat janmon tak swarg mil jata (There is simply a manner these days — Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar … Had you chanted the sanction of God these galore times, you would person been blessed with eden successful 7 births).” He went connected to adhd “we are blessed that Ambedkar’s sanction is being taken” earlier listing the Congress’s “injustices” towards him.

Now it is payback clip for the BJP. The Congress has nary enactment but to support Sonia and Rahul but galore leaders successful backstage consciousness the remarks were excessively casual.

Some consciousness it was each astir optics too. All 3 members of the Gandhi household recovered themselves successful a uncommon framework and talking astir the President’s code successful a alternatively casual manner. While Rahul Gandhi called the President’s code “boring”, Sonia said, “Poor lady, the President was getting precise bushed by the end. She could hardly speak, mediocre thing.”

After making those remarks astir the President, Rahul Gandhi, successful his achromatic T-shirt, and Priyanka engaged successful a playful speech successful afloat media glare. ”Nice saree Priyanka,” the Leader of Opposition told his sister who replied it was their grandmother’s and that each of her bully sarees were from her parent and grandmother.