New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi’s “suit boot ka Sarkaar” jibe on the Narendra Modi authorities was returned with curiosity by the BJP once more at present. The celebration claimed that the Congress chief was sporting a Rs 41,000-plus T-Shirt from British luxurious model Burberry whereas on his “Bharat Jodo Yatra” — meant to evolve a join with the frequent man. As the Congress tweeted the inevitable reminder of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “10 lakh suit”, Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra warned the BJP to not “cross the line”.
“Seriously advise BJP to not cross line & comment on Opposition’s personal clothes & belongings. Remember if we start doing the same with watches, pens, shoes, rings & clothes BJP MPs wear, you’ll rue the day you started this game,” her tweet learn.
Seriously advise BJP to not cross line & touch upon Opposition’s private garments & belongings.
Remember if we begin doing the identical with watches, pens, sneakers, rings & garments BJP MPs put on, you will rue the day you acknowledged this sport.
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) September 10, 2022
“Bharat Dekho (look, India),” the BJP tweeted earlier, giving a screenshot of the garment within the Burberry catalogue with the value show — Rs 41,257.
Bharat, dekho! pic.twitter.com/UzBy6LL1pH
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 9, 2022
“Hey… are you scared? Seeing the crowd gathered in Bharat Jodo Yatra. Talk about the issue. Speak on unemployment and inflation. If we have to discuss the clothes, then Modi ji’s suit of 10 lakhs and glasses of 1.5 lakhs should be discussed. Do the BJP want to discuss this?” the Congress responded.
“Sometimes black magic, sometimes the cost of T-shirts is the issue. The Prime Minister is away from the real issues of the country. Prime Minister, come on the real issues, don’t hoodwink the people like this,” learn a tough translation of one other Hindi tweet from the celebration’s official deal with.
कभी काला जादू, कभी टी-शर्ट की कीमत मुद्दा है।
प्रधानमंत्री देश के असली मुद्दों से जुदा है।।प्रधानमंत्री जी, जरा असली मुद्दों पर तो आओ, जनता से यूं नजरें मत चुराओ। pic.twitter.com/eNyTngaByF
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 10, 2022
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel mentioned whereas the Congress is uniting the nation, the BJP is ‘nonetheless entrapped in T-shirts and khaki shorts”.
“The Centre has solely a ‘T-shirt’ towards the most important Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he told the media.
Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi retorted that only if the BJP could have calculated so fast the cost of ‘electing the suit-book sarkar’.
Mr Gandhi, who had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wearing a suit worth Rs 10 lakh and coined the “go well with boot kar Sarkar” jibe ahead of the 2019 general elections, has been facing copycat complaints from the BJP since.
In 2018, when he turned up a concert in Meghalaya capital Shillong in a black convertible jacket and jeans, the BJP had recreated the “go well with boot” moment.
“So @OfficeOfRG , soot(pun supposed!)-boot ki sarkar with ‘black’ cash fleeced from Meghalayan State exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of singing away our woes, you can have given a report card of your inefficient govt in Meghalaya! Your indifference mocks us!” the BJP had tweeted.
The jacket was a Burberry, the party claimed, and cost around 70,000, the party claimed producing another screenshot of a Burberry catalogue.
PM Modi’s name-striped suit, worn during former US president Barack Obama’s visit in 2015 was later auctioned by the party and sold for Rs 4.31 crore.
