Young girl praises BJP with PM Modi by her side; Congress says poll code violation [WATCH]
A huge controversy ensued after a 7-year-old girl was seen in a video beside Prime Minister Narendra Modi, praising the BJP, ahead of the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls. The video was posted by the BJP on its official Twitter account and showed the young girl narrating a poem in Gujarati, saying, “BJP will save us, BJP will come again”.
The girl could be seen sporting a BJP sash around her shoulder. The prime minister was seen smiling throughout the 57-second video as the kid showered praises on his party.
“BJP, BJP, BJP, wherever you see, you will find BJP. Every discussion starts and ends with BJP. People are playing various games to defeat BJP,” she said in the video.
Furthermore, the seven year old stated that no one can defeat the ruling party in Gujarat that functions on the “principle of development”. “Who made curfew the thing of the past? Who removed Article 370? Who took Narmada to Nar (man)? Who fulfilled the wait of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya?” she said.
In the end of the video footage, the young girl heaped praises on his party and PM Modi was seen applauding her with a “shabaash (kudos)”.
Here's the video:
ગુજરાતીઓ ના મન મસ્તીષ્ક પર છવાયો વિકાસ.
— BJP (@BJP4India) November 21, 2022
“અમને તો ફાવશે જ ભાજપ, ફરી આવશે જ ભાજપ..” #કમળ_સાથે_સમૃદ્ધ_ગુજરાત pic.twitter.com/hpVa9OSkyM
This brought about massive criticism from the Congress, which accused the prime minister of using a kid for the poll campaign. The grand old party also asked the Election Commission of India and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to take cognisance of the matter.
Taking to Twitter, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked: “A small child is being used by the prime minister for election campaign. This is a clear violation of the law. Where is the Election Commission? Where is the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)?”
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also posted the video and claimed that this was a clear violation of the law.
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First published: 22 November 2022, 12:38 IST