BJP busy making sex CDs, forgot Gujarat manifesto: Hardik Patel's dig day before voting
The BJP is so busy making my sex CDs that they forgot to formulate and release a manifesto for Gujarat, firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel tweeted a day before Gujarat votes in its high-stakes election.
In Short
- BJP busy making CDs, forgot to make manifesto: Hardik Patel
- Patel was referring to recent controversies where he purportedly appeared in 'sex CDs'.
- First phase of voting in Gujarat election will be held tomorrow.
A day before Gujarat votes in its high-stakes Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata Party is coming into focus for failing to formally release a manifesto.
Campaigning for the first phase of polling, which will take place tomorrow, has already ended and the BJP, in a rare move, has not unveiled its vision document.
Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel latched on to the missing manifesto and past 'sex CDs' controversies to attack the BJP. Posting a tweet in Hindi, Patel said that the BJP was so busy "making" sex CDs that it forgot to formulate and release its manifesto. "And, voting is tomorrow," Patel added, ending his tweet with four laughing-face emoji.
CD ????? ?? ????? ??? ????? ????? ???? ????? ??? ??,?? ?????? ????????????- Hardik Patel (@HardikPatel_) December 8, 2017
Earlier, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi too attacked the BJP on the same issue, saying not releasing a manifesto showed "disrespect towards the people of Gujarat."
"Campaign is over and STILL no mention of a manifesto for the people, no vision and no ideas presented for Gujarat's future," Gandhi, who is soon expected to take over as Congress president, added.
The BJP has shown unbelievable disrespect towards the people of Gujarat. Campaign is over and STILL no mention of a manifesto for the people, no vision and no ideas presented for Gujarat's future. #BJPDisrespectsGujarat- Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) December 7, 2017
Notably, the BJP releases what it calls a "vision document", which technically differs from a "manifesto" since the former merely lists out the party's "vision" for the next five years unlike the set goals promised in a manifesto.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has been in power in Gujarat for over two decades and this month's Assembly election is the first the state will see since Prime Minister Narendra Modi left Gandhinagar for New Delhi in 2014.
Campaigning for the election heated up yesterday after now-suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Ayiar in a striking statement called PM Modi a "neech kisam ka aadmi " (a low-life person).
PM Modi, who was addressing in rallies in Gujarat, and other BJP leaders went to town to hit back at Ayiar, with the PM warning Congress that Ayiar's statement would cost them in the Assembly election.
Ayiar later offered a carefully-crafted apology even as Rahul Gandhi tweeted his strong disapproval of his statement. Ayiar was later suspended from the primary membership of Congress.
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