On May 28, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Parliament Building and dedicated it to the people of India, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s political party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) hit a new low and compared the building to a coffin. RJD published a tweet from its official Twitter handle in which they added an image of the coffin on the left and a photograph of the aerial view of the new Parliament Building on the right. Comparing both, they wrote, “Yeh Kya Hai (What is this)” in the tweet.
The tweet has received sharp criticism from the netizens. Trupti Garg wrote, “First photo is your party’s future. The second photo is the future of India.”
पहला फोटो – तुम्हारे पार्टी का भविष्य
— Trupti Garg (@garg_trupti) May 28, 2023
दूसरा फोटो – भारत का भविष्य
Twitter user ThombreMilind showed the mirror to RJD as it has zero MPs in Lok Sabha.
ये क्या है? 0/543😆😆😆 pic.twitter.com/m8ZRyh8bQG
— Milind (@ThombreMilind) May 28, 2023
Twitter user Dines Sharma criticised RJD and said, “Opposition has every right to oppose but to stoop down to this level isn’t healthy for the democracy.”
Opposition has every right to oppose but to stoop down to this level isn’t healthy for the democracy.
— Dinesh Sharma (@sdineshaa) May 28, 2023
राजनीति में विरोध करना विपक्ष का काम है, लेकिन एक ऐतिहासिक दिन पर इस तरह की प्रतिक्रिया शर्मनाक है।
Another Twitter user Anish Nair said, “Pls refrain from participating in elections going forward, As RJD wouldn’t want their representatives sitting inside a structure which represents something else but not a parliament!!”
Pls refrain participating in elections going forward, As RJD wouldnt want their reprentatives sitting … inside a structure …which represents something else…..but nota parliament !!
— Anish Nair 🌐🇮🇳 (@anishnair1010) May 28, 2023
Payal Mehta wrote, “SICK!!! Really sick!!! I hope you realise the next parliament session your MPs will sit inside this coffin (as you put it) hope you don’t pray them to.”
SICK!!! Really sick!!! I hope you realise the next parliament session your MPs will sit inside this *coffin* (as you put it) hope you don’t pray them to ……
— 🦏 Payal M/પાયલ મેહતા/ पायल मेहता/ পাযেল মেহতা (@payalmehta100) May 28, 2023
@RJDforIndia https://t.co/u96BfBZSAT
Twitter user Pawan Durani said, “No wonder Bihar is a backward state, Patna at least 30 years behind other cities. What a shameless handle! Disgusting.”
No wonder Bihar is a backward state , Patna at least 30 years behind other cities.
— Pawan Durani (@PawanDurani) May 28, 2023
What a shameless handle ! Disgusting. https://t.co/fMhdaspW8j
Notably, RJD supremo and former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to five years imprisonment and Rs 60 lakh fine by a special CBI court in Ranchi in the Fodder Scam case in February 2022.
