New Delhi: A bitter poster battle has begun between the primary opposition occasion Congress and the ruling BJP after the saffron occasion shared an image on micro-blogging platform X depicting Rahul Gandhi as a ‘new age Ravan’. The BJP’s depiction of Rahul Gandhi as ‘Ravan’ evoked a pointy response from the Congress which termed it as “unacceptable”, ”shameful”, and “downright harmful”.
The poster launched by the BJP depicted Rahul Gandhi with a bearded visage and 7 heads, harking back to Ravana – a personality within the epic Ramayana. The BJP’s poster additionally linked the Congress chief to George Soros, a billionaire investor who has been accused of being concerned in anti-India actions. Sharing the graphic on their official deal with of the social media platform ‘X, the BJP captioned it, “India is in Hazard. He’s Evil. Anti Dharma. Anti Ram. His purpose is to destroy Bharat.”
The brand new age Ravan is right here. He’s Evil. Anti Dharma. Anti Ram. His purpose is to destroy Bharat. pic.twitter.com/AwDKxJpDHB
— BJP (@BJP4India) October 5, 2023
The poster battle between the 2 events started after Congress shared an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the caption “The Largest Liar” and one other depicting PM Modi and Residence Minister Amit with the caption “Jumla Boy” going to hit the election rally quickly”.
Going to hit the election rally quickly. pic.twitter.com/GCWWr2bwxi
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 4, 2023
The continued poster battle ignited a debate on social media, with supporters and critics expressing varied opinions about its symbolism and intent. It underscores the extraordinary political rivalry and polarization in India’s up to date political panorama.
The Largest Liar pic.twitter.com/rs56VSWRK1
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 4, 2023
In the meantime, Congress common secretary KC Venugopal referred to as the graphic of Rahul Gandhi posted by BJP, “shameful” and alleged that the BJP needs to homicide Rahul Gandhi.
“No phrases are sufficient to sentence the ‘shameful’ graphic on the BJP deal with evaluating Rahul Gandhi ji to Ravana. Their nefarious intentions are clear, they need to homicide him. He, who misplaced his grandmother and father to assassinations. They withdrew his SPG safety to attain petty political factors,” Venugopal posted on X.
“After evicting him from his safe residence, they have not allotted one other home that he has requested for. All this factors to a well-planned conspiracy of the BJP to eradicate their fiercest critic, somebody who assaults the very core of their hate-filled ideology,” the Congress common secretary added. “We is not going to be intimidated,” the Congress chief additionally asserted.
Because the battle strains between the 2 foremost events get drawn within the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leaders of each have intensified their assaults in opposition to one another. The poster battle between the 2 events is more likely to escalate additional within the coming months as elections in 5 states and the final elections draw close to.
Earlier too, each the events had launched cartoon strips in opposition to leaders of each the opposing events on social media.
