BJP claims ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan raised in MP leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Cong says clip ‘doctored’

Warning people against raising such slogans, Chouhan said, “Those who had raised slogans of Pakistan Zindabad will not be spared, stringent action will be taken against them.”

भारत जोड़ो यात्रा में पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद के नारे लगना, यह भारत जोड़ना है या भारत को तोड़ने वालों को साथ जोड़ना है। पहले भी भारत तोड़ा है, क्या फिर भारत तोड़ने का इरादा है?

पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद के नारे लगाने वाले किसी भी कीमत पर बचेंगे नहीं, उनके खिलाफ सख्त कार्रवाई की जायेगी।

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) November 25, 2022

Similar comments were made by BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya, state BJP president V D Sharma, MP state media in-charge Lokendra Parashar, BJP organisational secretary Hitanand Sharma.

VD Sharma, while speaking to reporters, said, “It unfortunate that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is moving with support from Pakistan and slogans of Pakistan Zindabad are being raised.”

दुर्भाग्य है कि राहुल गांधी की यात्रा पाकिस्तान के समर्थन पर चल रही है, यात्रा में पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद के नारे लग रहे हैं।

ये यात्रा भारत तोड़ने वाली और भारत तोड़ने वालों का समर्थन करने वाली यात्रा है। – प्रदेश अध्यक्ष श्री @vdsharmabjp pic.twitter.com/5AlsXnjIZw

— BJP MadhyaPradesh (@BJP4MP) November 25, 2022

Meanwhile, Congress denied the allegations and threatened to take legal action. General secretary of Congress and communications in-charge Jayram Ramesh said, “The huge response to Bharat Jodo Yatra has rattled the BJP and thus they are trying to defame the yatra using a doctored video. We are immediately taking legal action against this. We are prepared for such disgusting gimmicks.”

Congress also accused BJP of forcefully stopping families displaced by mining project in Chattarpur from meeting Rahul Gandhi. Congress leader Jayram Ramesh tweeted, “The Madhya Pradesh Govt. intimidated and aggressively prevented tribal families displaced by the diamond mining project in Chhatarpur district from meeting Rahul Gandhi this afternoon. This is democracy-BJP style.”

In the past, similar cases have been registered in the state where it was alleged that ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans were raised but all the cases are sub judice.