New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a ‘toxic’ snake, drawing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ire.
Addressing a public assembly in poll-bound Karnataka’s Gadag, Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned, “Don’t make a mistake. Modi is like a poisonous snake. If you say, ‘no, it’s not poisonous. Let’s lick it and find out.’ Don’t go to lick it. If you lick, you die.”
#KarnatakaAssemblyElections2023 | PM Modi is sort of a ‘toxic snake’, you would possibly suppose it’s poison or not. If you lick it, you’re lifeless…: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Kalaburagi pic.twitter.com/Bqi7zVFnO9
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2023
The Congress chief, nonetheless, later instructed reporters that he solely mentioned the BJP was like a snake, and that the social gathering’s ideology is sort of a poison.
“If you support that ideology and lick (try) it, death is certain… I did not speak against him (Modi) because I have already said that I never make personal comments,” he mentioned.
It wasn’t meant for PM Modi, what I meant was BJP’s ideology is ‘like a snake’. I by no means mentioned this personally for PM Modi, what I mentioned was their ideology is sort of a snake and for those who attempt to contact it, your loss of life is for certain: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge clarifies over his earlier… https://t.co/qBO2S0TSz5 pic.twitter.com/d32oN97zCe
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2023
Meanwhile, BJP leaders attacked Kharge and condemned his remarks. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned that the Congress president used such phrases to ‘appease his political masters’
“Kharge ji used such words to appease his political masters…”: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slams Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on his touch upon PM Modi.
#WATCH | Bengaluru: “Kharge ji used such words to appease his political masters…”: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slams Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on his touch upon PM Modi.#KarnatakaElection2023 pic.twitter.com/23I0M5L5DO
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2023
Reacting to Kharge’s remarks, BJP’s IT division chief Amit Malviya mentioned that the Congress continues to ‘plummet to new depths’.
“Now Congress President Kharge calls Prime Minister Modi ‘poisonous snake’? What started with Sonia Gandhi’s ‘maut ka saudagar’, and we know how it ended, the Congress continues to plummet to new depths. The desperation shows Congress is losing ground in Karnataka and knows it,” he mentioned in a tweet.
Now Congress Presidnet Kharge calls Prime Minister Modi ‘poisonous snake’…
What began with Sonia Gandhi’s ‘maut ka saudagar’, and we all know the way it ended, the Congress continues to plummet to new depths.
The desperation exhibits Congress is shedding floor in Karnataka and is aware of it. pic.twitter.com/75FECizSOW
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 27, 2023
