Bhandari said, Sonia Gandhi was seen crying for Babri
New Delhi. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday reacted sharply to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's statement calling Diwali as 'Eid of happiness' and challenged him and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to show Eid as 'Diwali of happiness'. BJP also termed Congress as anti-Sanatan party.
While wishing Diwali, Kharge had said that Diwali is celebrated by everyone in India and it is a major festival. He called it 'Eid of happiness'. Responding to his comment, BJP's national media co-in-charge and spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said that Congress gave preference to vote bank politics even on the occasion of Diwali. He said that the Congress President has described Diwali as 'Eid of happiness'.
Bhandari said, Sonia Gandhi was seen crying for Babri. In the past, when Sanatan was called 'Dengue-Malaria', Congress remained silent. The policy of Congress under the leadership of Gandhi-Vadra family is Sanatan and anti-Hindu. BJP's national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said in a post on social media platform 'X', Kharge ji, what is the problem in calling the biggest festival of Hindus, Diwali by its own name?
Bhatia said that Eid has its own significance and Diwali has its own sanctity, traditions and identity. He asked, “Has changing the identity of Hindu festivals become a part of political etiquette in view of the so-called secularism of the Congress? Rahul Gandhi and Kharge ji, answer this: Will you ever have the courage to call Eid 'Diwali of happiness'? Respect the faith of Hindus and do not change the identity of their festivals, Bhatia said. Diwali was Diwali earlier also, it is Diwali today and it will remain Diwali in future too. Another BJP spokesperson Tuhin Sinha said that Muslims celebrate Eid only twice a year, but the Congress wants to celebrate every Hindu festival as 'Eid of happiness'.
He said, 'In this way Congress wants to celebrate Eid 10-12 times a year. This is the reason that in the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this Congress is 'MMC' (Maoist Muslim League Congress). In another post, Bhandari said that even on occasions like Diwali, Congress thinks about appeasement and vote bank politics. This shows the anti-Sanatan mentality of Congress.