Political discourse at new low

'KHACCHAR' AND ‘MARI HUI CHUHIYA’ ENTER INDIAN ELECTORAL VOCABULARY

Maharashtra Congress working president Nitin Raut on Monday called Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar a "khacchar" (mule) for calling Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi a "Mari Hui Chuhiya" (a dead mouse).

Raut's reaction comes a day after Khattar during an election rally in poll-bound Haryana took a jibe at Sonia Gandhi's appointment as Congress interim president and called her a "Mari Hui Chuhiya" (a dead mouse).

Speaking to ANI, Raut said, "The first thing is that Haryana CM Khattar is 'Khacchar'. If he has to make such statements, he should make them about PM Modi." He continued, "People had expectations from PM Modi that the economy would grow when he came to power. But nothing happened on that front. So, the comment that 'khoda pahad nikla chuha' would suit Modi ji."

At an earlier poll rally, CM Khattar had said, "After losing the Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi resigned as Congress president and started saying the party should get a new president from outside the Gandhi family. We thought this was good, to move away from nepotism (parivarvad)... But they spent three months moving around the country in search of a new party president. After three months who became the president? Sonia Gandhi. Khoda Pahar Nikli Chuiya, Vo Bhi Mari Hui. This is their condition."

In 2014 elections, BJP government came to power after the party won 47 out of a total of 90 seats in the Assembly elections, while Congress was restricted to just 15 seats. Polling in the state will be held on October 21 and results will be declared on October 24.