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Nana Patole stoked controversy with his “dog” remark against the BJP who called slammed the “Emergency” mindset of the party.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole | File Image
A political storm has erupted in poll-bound Maharashtra after state Congress chief Nana Patole asked the voters to make the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a “kutta” (dog) in the November 20 elections.
The remark drew the ire of the BJP who called Patole “frustrated” for coming to terms with the fact that Congress is not coming to power in Maharashtra.
“I would like to ask, would you – the OBCs of Akola district, vote for BJP that calls you ‘kutta’?…It is time to make BJP a ‘kutta’,” Patole was heard telling a gathering in Akola on Monday.
BJP Reacts Sharply
BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari slammed the Maharashtra Congress chief and said that it shows the “emergency” mindset of the party.
“Nana Patole is frustrated because when he travelling on the ground, he can understand that the Congress is not going to form government in Maharashtra. But in his frustration, he has said that he wants to tame BJP, as dogs,” he said.
“This shows the ‘Emergency’ mindset of the Congress party that it wants to tame its rivals and bring them under control, it wants to file cases against them and silence them. I condemn the word used by Nana Patole but it also shows their inferiority complex. Yesterday, Karnataka Congress leader Zameer Ahmed used the term ‘kaala’ for his rival. It is a racist term. Today, they are using the term ‘kutta’…I can understand the frustration of Nana Patole. When they are not forming their Government, they get frustrated and say absurd things,” Bhandari added.
BJP leader Navneet Rana said that such statements by Congress show their “frustration”.
“They are in frustration, because they used to rule in the country, now people of Maharashtra know that those who will work, and work in favour of the country, they will stand with them. These kinds of statements show their frustration,” Rana said.
