These remarks came in response to PM Modi’s earlier statement at rallies in Bihar, where he launched a scathing attack on the opposition alliance INDIA bloc and accused it of doing “slavery” and “mujra” for the Muslim vote bank.
PM Modi said “Bihar is the land which has given a new direction to the fight for social justice. I want to announce on its soil that I will foil the plans of the ‘INDIA’ coalition to loot the rights of SC, ST and OBC and give them to Muslims. They (the opposition bloc) may remain enslaved and perform ‘mujra’ to please their vote bank.”
Modi’s mujra jibe at India alliance I Watch
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that no prime minister in the country’s history has ever used such words for opposition leaders, adding that the entire nation holds the position of prime minister in high regard and it is his responsibility to maintain the dignity of the post. The prime minister has become nervous and has forgotten that he represents the country and its people, and such words should not have come out of his mouth, she added.
Priyanka’s attack on PM Modi
She greeted the audience in Bhojpuri, saying, “Raua sabhe ke Ram-Ram.”
“Modi ji gave a speech in Bihar and uttered such words for opposition leaders which no prime minister in the history of the country would have said,” the Congress general secretary said. “Your faith and your hopes were once attached to Narendra Modi, but isn’t it the responsibility of the prime minister to maintain the dignity of the post?” she added.
Quoting a composition by the renowned saint Baba Gorakhnath, Vadra said, “The entire country respects the post of prime minister and we also respect him. But the way he (Modi) is speaking today, the sad thing is that his reality has been exposed.”
She said the prime minister calls the entire country his family, but it does not reflect in his words. Vadra stressed on the importance of respect within a family, saying, “Family members always have respect for each other (anko ki sharam) that should not be lost, that should always be kept.”
The Congress General Secretary pointed out that unemployment in the country is at a 45-year high, calling it the “biggest problem.”
She questioned whether Prime Minister Modi addresses this issue, asking, “Does Modi ji talk about this? Have you heard the word unemployment from Modi ji? Has the time now come for Prime Minister Modi to tell what unemployment is?”
Pawan Khera’s jibe on PM Modi
The congress leader Pawan Khera criticized PM Modi for using the term “Mujra” during a recent event. Khera is seen questioning the appropriateness of such language coming from the Prime Minister and further suggested that the Prime Minister appears to be exhausted and requires rest and medical attention.
In a post on X, the Congress leader wrote in Hindi, “Today Narendra Modi used the word ‘Mujra’ in a program. Does it suit the Prime Minister to use such words? The Prime Minister is tired. He needs some rest and treatment.”
Speaking to ANI, Khera said, “Is this the way a Prime Minister of a country speaks? Is there any provision for reservation based on religion anywhere in the Constitution? You have been a PM for 10 years, you have been sitting after taking the oath of the Constitution, you should have at least read what is written in it.”
“Those who are giving out comments without reading the Constitution reflect their mentality to divide the country. The mentality to incite conflicts among the communities in the country,” Khera added.
Saket Gokhale: Can’t hide his true self
In another post on X, Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale also criticised PM Modi for his “mujra” remarks and said, “After 10 years of PR & a carefully curated image, Modi can’t hide his true self anymore. Such cheap language. From “Naari Shakti”, the man has now come down to using words like “mujra”. Scary to think what all he must be saying during his foreign trips as PM.”
‘Get well soon, Modi ji.’
Shiv Sena (UBT) member Priyanka Chaturvedi took to social media sharing the video clip of the rally in Bihar and said, “Get well soon, Modi ji.”
‘I am worried about him’
RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha said, “On Modi becoming the first Indian PM to invoke ‘mujra’ in an election rally. I am not worried about what he (PM Modi) is saying, I am worried about him now. Till yesterday, we disagreed with him, now we are worried about him.”
‘Unprecedented in the history of India’
All India Trinamool Congress also posted a video on X and said “Today, from a rally in Bihar, PM Modi stooped to an all-time low by using the term “Mujra” to refer to the Opposition. This is unprecedented in the history of India – a Prime Minister using such vile, derogatory language. His words are not just an insult to the decorum of his constitutional post but a slap in the face of an entire community.”