BJP Questions Rahul Gandhi’s Silence

New Delhi: BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla today slammed the Mamata government over another alleged flogging incident in West Bengal, asking whether Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders will visit the victim.

The BJP spokesperson took to his X handle and shared a video of a group of men thrashing someone, captioning it, “Another Horrific Talibani video from Bengal after Chopra talibani flogging.”

He alleged that in the video, a “close associate of TMC MLA is thrashing a girl with his gang.”

Sharing a video on X, Shehzad Poonawala said, “One more Bengal Talibani video has surfaced, which shows that a woman is being brutally beaten by a person who is close to the Trinamool Congress leaders.”

Another Horrific Talibani video from Bengal after Chopra talibani flogging by Tajmul ..

TMC means Talibani Mujhe Chahiye

A close associate of TMC MLA is thrashing a girl with his gang.

Will leader of hypocrisy Rahul Gandhi say a word or visit? What about INDI ALLIANCE… pic.twitter.com/4yoFn1ho8s

— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) July 9, 2024

“Incidents like these are constantly happening. TMC now means Talibani Mujhe Chahiye. And TMC leaders are defending it. They also defended the Chopra incident and the Sandeshkhali incident, for which the Mamata government was also reprimanded by the Supreme Court,” he added.

Criticising the Bengal government for saving the culprits, he said, “Today, the Mamata government has “changed its slogan from ‘Ma Mati Manush’ to ‘Balaatkaari bachao’ (save the rapists), ‘Bhrashtachaari bachao’ (save the corrupt) and ‘Bomb Blast karne waalo ko bachao’ (save the bombers).”

Response of INDI ALLIANCE

SANDESHKHALI – silence

SHAHJAHAN – silence

TAJMUL – silence

CHOPRA INCIDENT – silence

SWATI MALIWAL – silence

KAMARHATI VIDEO – silence

COOCH BEHAR – silence

MAHUA MOITRA TWEET – silence

MANIPUR – vulture politics https://t.co/ja42NYdFJG

— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) July 9, 2024

Slamming the INDIA bloc for its “hypocrisy” of maintaining silence on this issue, Mr Poonwalla said, “The sad thing is that the leaders who talk a lot about women’s empowerment and the others who reach Manipur, like Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will he go and meet this woman? Will they talk against the Mamata government? Will leaders like Priyanka Vadra, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Aam Aadmi Party speak on this issue? No, it is just a pin-drop silence on the Sandeshkhali, Swati Maliwal, Talibani incident in Chopra and this recent Talibani incident.”

Alleging that the Trinamool leaders have “themselves confirmed” the video, he wrote in his post on X, “THEIR DEFENCE IS THAT IT’S A FEW WEEKS/MONTHS OLD! Is that even a defence? It means TMC, as usual, suppressed the video using threats.”
 

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