Social Buzz: Cong’s ‘BJP washing machine’ jibe at turncoats; saffron party targets INDIA bloc over clash in Ranchi rally

Congress’s ‘washing machine’ jibe at turncoats

The Congress party took a jibe at the leaders, who jumped ship to the BJP, with an animated video on X. The video showed various former Opposition party leaders, with CBI or ED cases, obtaining a “ticket” from Amit Shah and heading straight to a washing machine. An animated Narendra Modi was seen opening the ‘BJP ghotala (scam) washing machine’ door allowing each to jump inside and getting cleaned of their pending cases.

मोदी की वॉशिंग मशीन pic.twitter.com/5b3ah5aKmV

— Congress (@INCIndia) April 21, 2024

In the video shared with a Hindi caption. “Modi ki washing machine”, the leaders queueing up for the cleanup included Himanta Vishwa Sarma, Ajit Pawar, Naveen Jindal, Ashok Chavan among others.

Rahul Gandhi slams Modi-govt for promoting ‘elite trains’ at cost of general coaches

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to X to share a video highlighting the conditions in which people travel in general compartments in trains. The video showed an overcrowded compartment with people sitting and sleeping on train floors and even toilets.

नरेंद्र मोदी के राज में ‘रेल का सफर’ सज़ा बन गया है!

आम आदमी की ट्रेनों से जनरल डिब्बे कम कर सिर्फ ‘एलीट ट्रेनों’ का प्रचार कर रही मोदी सरकार में हर वर्ग का यात्री प्रताड़ित हो रहा है।

लोग कन्फर्म टिकट लेकर भी अपनी सीट पर चैन से बैठ नहीं पा रहे, आम आदमी ज़मीन पर और टॉयलेट में… pic.twitter.com/BYLWPB7j37

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 21, 2024

Sharing the video, Gandhi wrote in Hindi: “In the rule of Narendra Modi, travelling by train has become a punishment! Passengers of every class are being harassed in the Modi government which is reducing the number of general coaches from common man’s trains and promoting only ‘elite trains’.”

“People are not able to sit comfortably on their seats even after getting confirmed tickets; the common man is forced to travel on the floor and hiding in toilets. The Modi government, through its policies, wants to weaken the Railways and prove it ‘incompetent’ so that it can get an excuse to sell it to its friends. If we want to save the common man’s travel, then the Modi government which is busy ruining the railways will have to be removed,” Gandhi wrote.

BJP targets INDIA bloc over RJD-Congress workers’ clash

In Ranchi, where INDIA bloc leaders gathered for a rally, workers from RJD and Congress — allies this elections — reportedly clashed with each other. Visuals of the same went viral soon on social media with the saffron party leaders and supporters targeting the opposition over the lack of unity among the INDIA bloc partners. Sharing photos and videos of people throwing chairs at a rally, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the rally was a display of “Jungle Raj”.

Ranchi INDI Rally में ही Jungle Raj !!

Breaking heads & tearing clothes before coming to power! Imagine what happens if they by mistake come into power

This happens when you have no Mission Vision but only
CONFUSION
AMBITION
DIVISION

Brashtachar Bachao Rally not Sanvidhan… pic.twitter.com/jngtxuHuat

— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) April 21, 2024

The clash took place reportedly between RJD and Congress workers in the midst of the INDIA bloc’s ‘Ulgula Nyay’ rally over the candidature of K N Tripathi from Chatra, PTI reported.

In a video message, Poonawalla also asked people to remain “very careful” in making their choice of the candidates while voting in the Lok Sabha polls. “What kind of alliance is this? In the joint rally of the INDI alliance in Ranchi, chairs, tables, stools and lathis were thrown at each other by their party workers. Today, they are breaking each others’ heads, think what will they break if, by chance, they come to power,” he said in the video.

ऐसे ‘हाथ बदलेगा हालात’? राँची में इंडी गठबंधन की सभा में मारपीट का मनोरम दृश्य। इसका ‘सीट शेयरिंग’ को लेकर चल रहे घमासान से कुछ लेना-देना नहीं है। pic.twitter.com/wYbB9CNv2N

— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) April 21, 2024

BJP IT cell head too shared a video of the scuffle, saying, “Aise haath badlega halath [Is this the way hand (Congress’s party symbol) will change situation]? A beautiful scene of fighting at the INDI alliance meeting in Ranchi. This has nothing to do with the ongoing tussle over seat sharing.”