Overview

• The hoarding outside the Uttar Pradesh Congress office in Lucknow shows Rahul Gandhi as Lord Ram with a bow, Ajay Rai as Lakshman, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Ravana.
• Ravana’s ten heads are labeled with grievances including inflation, unemployment, corruption, ED, CBI, Election Commission, vote theft, exam paper leaks, jungle raj, and dictatorship.
• NSUI state vice-president Aryan Mishra said he installed the poster and described it as advocating “Ram Rajya,” while UP Congress chief Ajay Rai defended it as highlighting public suffering and cited the treatment of activist Sonam Wangchuk.
• BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi condemned the display, alleging Congress leaders who did not visit the Ayodhya Ram Temple are now presenting themselves as Ram and accusing them of disrespecting Hindu faith.
• The poster was reportedly put up late on Dussehra and circulated widely on social media the next morning, with no reports in the coverage of removal or legal action.