Evening Picture: Rakhi to Onam, ‘monumental’ to ‘bold’: BJP lines up reasons, praise for LPG price cut

रक्षाबंधन का पर्व अपने परिवार में खुशियां बढ़ाने का दिन होता है। गैस की कीमतों में कटौती होने से मेरे परिवार की बहनों की सहूलियत बढ़ेगी और उनका जीवन और आसान होगा। मेरी हर बहन खुश रहे, स्वस्थ रहे, सुखी रहे, ईश्वर से यही कामना है। https://t.co/RwM1a1GIKd

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 29, 2023

मोदी सरकार का तोहफा!

200 रुपए सस्ता हुआ रसोई गैस सिलेंडर। pic.twitter.com/QcPwF9FLng

— BJP (@BJP4India) August 29, 2023

What a wonderful Rakhi gift for our sisters!

₹200 savings on LPG prices will not only enhance household savings, but also have a multiplier effect on the overall economy.

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The decision reaffirms that empathy and empowerment are the two defining attributes of Hon’ble PM Shri… pic.twitter.com/g0bfJSxs1O

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 29, 2023

In a rakshabandhan gift for all women of our country, PM @narendramodi ji announces sweeping reductions in LPG cylinder costs, elevating the lives of 33 crore citizens.

For PM Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries, the commitment goes even deeper. Beyond the March 2023 subsidy, they…

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 29, 2023

With the BJP hoping to make a strike against rising prices with the LPG cylinder move, the Opposition tried to link the government’s decision to its campaign on the issue. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee tweeted: “Till now, only TWO meetings have been held in the past TWO months by the INDIA alliance and today, we see that LPG prices have gone down by Rs. 200.”

Till now, only TWO meetings have been held in the past TWO months by the INDIA alliance and today, we see that LPG prices have gone down by Rs. 200.

ये है #INDIA का दम!

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 29, 2023

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge posted: “As votes are falling, poll gifts are raining. The party that has robbed people of their hard-earned money is showing false sympathy for people.”

जब वोट लगे घटने, तो चुनावी तोहफ़े लगे बटने !

जनता की गाढ़ी कमाई लूटने वाली, निर्दयी मोदी सरकार, अब माताओं-बहनों से दिखावटी सद्भावना जता रही है।

साढ़े 9 सालों तक ₹400 का #LPG सिलेंडर, ₹1100 में बेच कर, आम आदमी की ज़िंदगी तबाह करते रहे, तब कोई “स्नेह भेंट” की याद क्यों नहीं…

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) August 29, 2023

Hours earlier, the Congress, which has promised cheaper cylinders as part of its poll promise, put up a post saying I.N.D.I.A was needed to fight inflation. It was part of the party’s I.N.D.IA. teasers ahead of the third meeting of the Opposition alliance, to be held in Mumbai over August 31-September 1.

Other I.N.D.I.A constituents too have been putting up similar teasers ahead of the Mumbai meeting.

महंगाई को हराने के लिए INDIA 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/1TxO9aYSjS

— Congress (@INCIndia) August 29, 2023

In other posts, the Congress tried to pin the government over China including disputed areas in a map, pointing out that it had followed days after the BRICS meeting, and again accusing the Modi government of bowing before Beijing.

कुछ दिन पहले PM मोदी और चीन के राष्ट्रपति मिले थे, बताया गया कि PM मोदी ने LAC को लेकर सख्त बात की।

मुलाक़ात के 4 दिन के बाद ही चीन ने धृष्टता की है – एक नक्शा जारी कर अरुणाचल, अक्‍साई चिन को अपना इलाका बताया है।

: @SupriyaShrinate जी pic.twitter.com/7uPoNcFlPU

— Congress (@INCIndia) August 29, 2023

However, as far as muscle-flexing goes, the day belonged to Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and Jannayak Janata Party leader Dushyant Chautala. Having let off steam in the Assembly over a discussion on the flood situation in the state, he was seen doing push-ups along with a visitor at his residence Tuesday.

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