Overview
- The BJP filed a written complaint with the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer, calling Rahul Gandhi’s remark “highly derogatory” and citing the Model Code of Conduct and the Representation of the People Act.
- A separate case by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha was lodged in the Muzaffarpur Chief Judicial Magistrate court, with a hearing scheduled for November 11.
- Gandhi, speaking at rallies in Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Sakra, said Narendra Modi “can do anything for votes” and “if you tell him to dance, he will dance.”
- Congress dismissed the move as politically motivated, with Pawan Khera calling the BJP “issueless” and pointing to Modi’s past use of the term “mujra.”
- BJP leaders also accused Gandhi of slighting Chhath Puja by terming a planned Yamuna dip a “drama,” as the row plays out ahead of Bihar’s November 6 and 11 polling dates.