Rahul Gandhi
'Bharat Dekho': BJP's swipe at Rahul Gandhi's Rs 41,000 t-shirt in campaign to connect with common man
The BJP has taken a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who it claimed wore a Rs 41,000-plus T-shirt from British luxury brand Burberry while on his "Bharat Jodo Yatra", a campaign aimed at rebuilding part's waning support base across the nation by connecting with the common man.
"Bharat Dekho (look, India)," the BJP tweeted earlier, giving a screenshot of the garment in the Burberry catalogue with the price display -- Rs 41,257.
Bharat, dekho! pic.twitter.com/UzBy6LL1pH
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 9, 2022
"Hey... are you scared? Seeing the crowd gathered in Bharat Jodo Yatra. Talk about the issue. Speak on unemployment and inflation. If we have to discuss the clothes, then Modi ji's suit of 10 lakhs and glasses of 1.5 lakhs should be discussed. Do the BJP want to discuss this?" the Congress responded to BJP's swipe .
"Sometimes black magic, sometimes the cost of T-shirts is the issue. The Prime Minister is away from the real issues of the country. Prime Minister, come on the real issues, don't steal your eyes from the public like this," read a translation of a tweet in Hindi from Congress's official handle.
कभी काला जादू, कभी टी-शर्ट की कीमत मुद्दा है।
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 10, 2022
प्रधानमंत्री देश के असली मुद्दों से जुदा है।।
प्रधानमंत्री जी, जरा असली मुद्दों पर तो आओ, जनता से यूं नजरें मत चुराओ। pic.twitter.com/eNyTngaByF
The Congress has seen jibes flowing from the BJP after it coined the slogan "suit boot ki sarkar" as a weapon to attack the saffron party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress had claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had worn a suit with his name stripes worth Rs 10-lakh during Barack Obama's visit in 2015.
The suit was as later auctioned by BJP and sold for Rs 4.31 crore.
In 2018, when he turned up a concert in Meghalaya capital Shillong in a black convertible jacket and jeans, the BJP had recreated the "suit boot" moment.
"So @OfficeOfRG , soot(pun intended!)-boot ki sarkar with 'black' money fleeced from Meghalayan State exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of singing away our woes, you could have given a report card of your inefficient govt in Meghalaya! Your indifference mocks us!" the BJP had tweeted.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra warned the BJP to not cross the line by attacking the Opposition leaders over their personal belongings.
"Seriously advise BJP to not cross line & comment on Opposition's personal clothes & belongings. Remember if we start doing the same with watches, pens, shoes, rings & clothes BJP MPs wear, you'll rue the day you started this game," her tweet read.
Seriously advise BJP to not cross line & comment on Opposition’s personal clothes & belongings.
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) September 10, 2022
Remember if we start doing the same with watches, pens, shoes, rings & clothes BJP MPs wear, you’ll rue the day you stated this game.
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