In the posters, Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Madan Mohan Jha were described as representing “Brahmin community”.
BJP asks Rahul Gandhi to apologise for caste posters in Bihar
The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi after the latter was seen in a poster along with other party leaders with their castes mentioned along with their names and photographs.
The BJP criticised the posters and alleged that the Congress was trying to promote caste politics in Bihar.
The posters, wherein Gandhi and AICC in-charge for the state Shaktisinh Gohil were thanked for constituting a new state Congress committee and “setting an example of social harmony” therein, were put up at a number of places in Patna.
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The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee was revamped last week with the appointment of new office-bearers.
While Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Madan Mohan Jha were described as representing “Brahmin community”, Gohil’s image was labelled “Rajput samuday” (community). Images of campaign committee chairman and Rajya Sabha member Akhilesh Prasad Singh and Congress Legislature Party leader Sadanand Singh were, similarly, labelled “Bhumihar samuday” and “pichhda samuday”, respectively.
Attacking Congress over the development, BJP state spokesperson Nikhil Anand said, “In sheer desperation, the Congress has been resorting to gimmicks like proclaiming Rahul Gandhi as one who wears the sacred thread, worships Lord Shiva and goes to Kailash Mansarovar on pilgrimage.”
“The Congress party and its national president (Rahul Gandhi) should apologise to the nation for this (posters highlighting castes), while the Election Commission should take note of the attempts to play up caste and religious feelings and initiate appropriate action,” he added.
The posters also had images of a few other prominent party leaders, with their respective caste groups mentioned thereon.
(With PTI inputs)
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