"Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi": BJP's Anurag Thakur on Nana Patole's 'dog' remark
Mumbai: BJP MP Anurag Thakur came down heavily on Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Tuesday over his alleged "dog" remarks at BJP during a public rally in the run-up to the state assembly elections.
Speaking to ANI, Anurag Thakur said that every time Congress makes such comments, it has to pay a heavy price and dubbed the remarks as "Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi."
"Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi. Whenever Congress shows such a low mentality, makes dirty remarks, and throws mud, the lotus blooms even more. Every time Congress makes such comments about BJP, it has to pay a price. The people of Maharashtra will give them a strong answer," Thakur said while speaking to ANI.
Earlier, Congress Leader Nana Patole, while campaigning for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Akola, on Monday said, "I want to ask, will the OBC people of Akola district vote for the BJP who are calling you dogs? It is time to make the BJP a dog now; they have become so arrogant."
Patole's comments drew criticisim and stirred a row amid the heated electioneering in the state for the assembly elections scheduled to be held on November 20.
Anurag Thakur also hit out at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's statement on the "Sadhus" and alleged that the Congress leaders "repeatedly work to insult Bhagwa."
"The "accidental Hindus" of Congress repeatedly work to insult the 'Bhawa'. Why so much opposition to Bhagwa? My question to Uddhav Thackeray is, does he also oppose it? When Balasaheb Thackeray used to wear Bhagwa, would Kharge have said the same things back then? The country will not tolerate this," he said.
On Sunday, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, while addressing an election rally in Maharashtra, took a jibe at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath without taking his name and said that many of the leaders live in the guise of sadhus and have now become politicians and some have even become chief minister as well.
"Many leaders live in the guise of sadhus and have now become politicians. Some have even become chief ministers. They wear 'gerua' clothes and have no hair on their heads. I would say to the BJP, either wear white clothes or if you are a sanyasi wear 'gerua' clothes, then get out of politics. On the one hand, you wear 'gerua' clothes and on the other hand, you say 'batoge toh katogey.' They are spreading hatred among the people and trying to divide them," Kharge said.
Votes in Maharashtra will be counted on November 23.
