“As elections approach, Congress and the BJP intensify their social media battle. The BJP has shared a manipulated image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi portraying him as Ravan from the Hindu epic Ramayana. The BJP captioned the image as ‘The new age Ravan is here. He is Evil. Anti Dharma. Anti Ram. His aim is to destroy Bharat.’ The graphic depicts Rahul Gandhi with seven heads, and the text ‘Ravan…A Congress Party Production, Directed by George Soros’ is superimposed on the image, referring to billionaire investor George Soros, who has faced accusations of anti-India activities.
The new age Ravan is here. He is Evil. Anti Dharma. Anti Ram. His aim is to destroy Bharat. pic.twitter.com/AwDKxJpDHB
— BJP (@BJP4India) October 5, 2023
This poster from the BJP comes in response to a recent social media post by Congress that featured an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in a movie poster style, with the text ‘PM Narendra Modi as Jumla boy.’ The Congress party also shared another post asking, ‘Who is the biggest liar?’ with an image of PM Modi next to the text ‘Me.’
The Biggest Liar pic.twitter.com/rs56VSWRK1
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 4, 2023
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a senior Congress leader, criticized PM Modi and BJP President JP Nadda for the graphic and questioned the level of degradation in politics and debate. She asked if they endorsed the provocative tweets from their party’s official Twitter handle and reminded them of their promises and oaths.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal called the graphic of Rahul Gandhi ‘shameful’ and alleged that the BJP aimed to harm him. He mentioned that Rahul Gandhi lost his grandmother and father to assassinations and accused the BJP of withdrawing his SPG protection for political reasons.
Congress leader PL Punia stated that the BJP’s nervousness was evident as elections neared, leading to such statements. He condemned the BJP’s actions and accused them of trying to change the narrative out of fear of the INDIA Alliance.”
