BATTLEGROUND BIHAR
New Delhi, Oct 30: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi charged the opposition Congress-RJD combine with insulting “Chhathi Maiya”, the Congress hit back on Thursday, accusing him of portraying himself as god.
In a post on X, Congress’s media and publicity department head Pawan Khera alleged that the prime minister has the audacity of comparing himself with “Chhathi Maiya” after declaring himself non-biological.
“As soon as the drama of the 5-star Bisleri pool was exposed, the prime minister got riled up. To cover up his own embarrassment, he is now calling it an insult of Chhathi Maiya — the audacity to compare himself to Chhathi Maiya? “He has already declared himself non-biological and now, he is indulging in the foolishness of portraying himself as god,” Khera said in his post in Hindi.
The Congress had earlier accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi of creating a pool of fresh water in the capital for the prime minister to take a dip on the occasion of Chhath Puja.
Khera said in the frustration of the imminent defeat in the Bihar Assembly polls, Modi is comparing himself to Chhathi Maiya, which the state and the country will not tolerate.
Earlier, Modi charged the opposition in Bihar with insulting “Chhathi Maiyya”.
The prime minister made the remarks at back-to-back rallies in Muzaffarpur and Chhapra towns, a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused him of trying to enact a “drama” by planning to take a dip in the Yamuna on the occasion of Chhath Puja, but later shelving the plan after it came to light that a puddle was created with clean water since the river was filthy. (PTI)
