Ahead of the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the poster wars have emerged as the Congress Party in Madhya Pradesh has come up with posters depicting Congress President Rahul Gandhi as Lord Rama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Ravana, reports ANI.
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According to the reports, Congress party workers in Bhopal have erected posters depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Dashanan Ravana” and Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been portrayed as Lord Ram. Apart from the PM, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Piyush Goyal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan have been portrayed as the other 9 heads.
Interestingly, a Rafale fighter jet has also featured in the poster and slogans such as “Chowkidar hi Chor Hai” and “Choron tumhari khair nahin, hum Ram bhakt hain, choron ke alawa kisi se bair nahin (Thieves your days are numbered, we are Lord Ram’s devotees, we have no problems other than the thieves.)” can also be seen on it. The poster, believed to have been put up by Suraj Tiwari Fans club, carries pictures of several top rung leaders of the Congress party.
Recently, posters of Congress President Rahul Gandhi depicting as Lord Rama have been put up at various places in the capital city of Bihar, Patna. Apart from posters depicting Rahul Gandhi as ‘Hindu Gods’, his sister Priyanka Gandhi has also emerged in few posters lately as Congress workers in Gorakhpur had put up posters depicting her to ‘Rani Lakshmibai’.
Similarly, another poster had emerged in the Gauriganj region of Amethi, which depicted Rahul Gandhi as Lord Ram’s incarnation and PM Modi as Ravan.