OPINION | RAHUL MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT HE SPEAKS

On Sunday, March 17, a big opposition rally was held in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park to mark the culmination of Rahul Gandhi’s nationwide ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. The rally was attended by top opposition leaders including M K Stalin, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Mallikarjun Kharge, Tejashwi Yadav, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and others. All of them called for opposition unity, but one remark by Rahul Gandhi at the rally caused a big controversy. Rahul Gandhi said, “there is a word ‘Shakti’ in Hindu Dharma, and we are fighting against this Shakti”. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing rallies in Jagtial (Telangana) and Shivmogga (Karnataka) lashed out, saying , “Mothers and sisters, I worship you as Shakti. I am Bharat Mata’s pujari (worshipper)..Can anyone talk about destroying Shakti on Indian soil? I will put my life at stake to protect Nari Shakti….People must give the opposition a befitting response for talking about destroying “Shiv Shakti’ to which India had recently dedicated the success of its Chandrayaan lunar mission…The elections will be a defining battle between those who worship Shakti as a manifestation of female divinity and people seeking to destroy it.” Modi said, “INDI alliance’s objective is now clear, it wants to put an end to the Shakti of Sanatan dharma.” In Shivmogga, Modi said, “what was said at Shivaji Park might have surely hurt the soul of Late Balasaheb Thackeray, the founder of Shiv Sena….BJP always considers women as its silent voters….  for us, women are not only voters, they are the incarnation of Shakti, our Suraksha Kavach (shield of security)”. 

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