In a personal attack on Prime Minister Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said he ‘neglected his wife’, how will he take care of masses. Banerjee was speaking in West Bengal’s Alipurduar.
Calling Prime Minister Modi ‘a liar’, Banerjee said that TMC will lead the formation of the new government in Centre after defeating Modi.
It is not new for the Opposition party leaders and supporters to take personal digs at PM Modi and bring in his estranged wife, a private individual, in political mudslinging. As per reports, back in 2017, Congress had tried to rope in Jashodaben to contest the Gujarat state assembly elections.
Later, stooping to a new low, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, too, dragged Jashodaben in his political fight. AAP leader Somnath Bharti was caught on camera referring to a Sudarshan News channel journalist to ‘take to prostitution’ for asking him an uncomfortable question. After widespread social media outrage, Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal condemned his behaviour. Somnath Bharti then decided to brazen it out and accused PM Modi of ‘imprisoning’ his estranged wife Jashodaben.
And when will police lodge a case of abduction of Mansi Soni n locate her n quiz Mr. Modi on the same because Mr. Modi hs been alleged to keep chasing her thru Gujarat admin n his strong man Mr. Shah allegedly for his lust for Mansi, a girl of his daughter’s age?..2/2
— Adv. Somnath Bharti (@attorneybharti) November 21, 2018
At this point, instead of calling out Bharti, Kejriwal had actually encouraged his whataboutery.
Will someone in this country have the courage to get justice to these two women or everyone is scared of Modi ji? https://t.co/SJL5yHfuv1
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) November 22, 2018
It is rather unfortunate to drag the family of politicians into political attacks, especially when the family members are private individuals who have nothing to do with the politician.
