New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s comment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born in an Different Backward Class (OBC) household has drawn sharp criticism from Narhari Amin, a former Congress chief who’s now with the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP). Amin, who’s a member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and a former deputy chief minister of the state, took to Twitter to slam Gandhi for “insulting the OBC communities by cooking up senseless lies on this problem”.
He mentioned that he was serving because the deputy chief minister of Gujarat within the Congress authorities when the state authorities notified Modh-Ghanchi as OBC on July 25, 1994. He mentioned that this is similar caste that Prime Minister Modi belongs to.
He additionally mentioned that the central authorities’s notification to incorporate Modh-Ghanchi within the OBC record got here when Modi was not even an MP or an MLA, not to mention the chief minister of Gujarat.
I used to be serving because the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat within the Congress Authorities when GoG notified Modh-Ghanchi as OBC on 25th July 1994. This is similar caste our revered Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi belongs to. Mr. @RahulGandhi is insulting the OBC communities by
— Narhari Amin (@narhari_amin) February 8, 2024
“I demand Rahul Gandhi instantly withdraw his lies. He ought to cease defaming OBCs and in addition apologise to the folks of Gujarat for being stuffed with hate in direction of our standard Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Amin tweeted.
Gandhi had made the controversial assertion on Thursday whereas addressing a rally in Odisha as a part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. He claimed that Modi was born in a household that belonged to the final caste and that he modified his caste to OBC after turning into the chief minister of Gujarat in 2001.
He additionally alleged that Modi won’t ever conduct a caste census within the nation, which is critical for making certain social justice. He mentioned that solely the Congress get together will conduct the caste census and supply justice to the oppressed sections of the society.
मोदी जी जन्म से नहीं बल्कि ‘कागज़ी OBC’ हैं।
वह अपने जन्म के 5 दशक बाद तक OBC नहीं थे।
मेरे इस सच पर मुहर लगाने के लिए भाजपा सरकार का धन्यवाद। pic.twitter.com/BkT8TRfZaN
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 8, 2024
He additional accused Modi of mendacity about his OBC standing and favouring the wealthy over the poor. He mentioned that Modi doesn’t shake fingers with OBCs, however hugs billionaires. He additionally mentioned that the BJP and the BJD, the ruling get together of Odisha, are two sides of the identical coin and that they’re conspiring to grab the land of the tribals.
Gandhi’s yatra, which began from Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, coated about 200 km in Odisha and entered Jharkhand on Thursday. He was accompanied by senior Congress leaders Ajoy Kumar and Sarat Pattnayak.
