New Delhi: BJP attacked on Sunday Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maricha, a demon from Ramayana, saying he has “insulted” the constitutional post and that hatred has become the identity of Congress.
In a post on X, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claimed that a source within the Congress has told him that all opposition party leaders have been instructed by the high command – “higher than even the party president” – to target Modi.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Reddy alleged that the Modi government was pushing for the passage of the Women’s Reservation Constitution Amendment Bill to strengthen its position in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
“Maricha had come to kidnap Sita Maa. Modi ji and the entire BJP-NDA are also making efforts to remove the Constitution. But we will not allow any such efforts to succeed,” he said.
Accusing Reddy of spreading hatred, Poonawalla called the chief minister “nafrat ke bhaijan”.
The Telangana chief minister has insulted the constitutional post of chief minister by “abusing” Modi, the BJP spokesperson said in a video message.
“Revanth Reddy has compared the Prime Minister to a demon… Congress has hurled more than 150 abuses at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They are abusing him again because he pushed for ‘nari shakti’. This is not a coincidence but a well thought out experiment,” Poonawalla said.
“They have done this to the Election Commission, the judiciary. Even the President of India has not been spared and has been called a ‘rashtrapatni’. They have shown disrespect to the armed forces, Sanatan and constitutional offices,” he said.
“This is not ‘mohabbat ki dukan (shop of love)’, this is ‘nafrat ke bhaijaan’. This has become the identity of the Congress,” he added.
A Constitution amendment bill seeking to implement 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures from 2029 under Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, increasing the number of seats in the Lok Sabha, was defeated in the Lower House on Friday.
While 298 MPs voted in support of the bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Of the 528 members who voted, the bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
