New Delhi: The BJP doubled down on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “childish mind” attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he made comments on the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, which was spearheaded by BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani. Rahul Gandhi was called “bal buddhi” (childish) by BJP veteran and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who also accused him of “spreading confusion and lies”. “Rahul Gandhi is a naive individual who lacks maturity. He has not yet legitimately assumed the role of Leader of the Opposition. He claims that the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation was defeated by the Indian bloc. Rahul ji, Ram is our God, our existence, our goal, our life, and our identity as Indians,” Mr. Chouhan said to the press.
“This movement has thrown the Congress out of power many times and paved the way for the construction of a divine and grand temple, but Rahul Gandhi only lies,” he remarked, referring to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. In addition, Mr. Chouhan charged that the government was not offering a Minimum Support Price and that Mr. Gandhi had lied in Parliament oaboutthe Agniveer martyrs. “He (Rahul) is just capable of lying and creating confusion. That’s the reason Rahul Gandhi, the self-proclaimed “Bal Buddhi,” never stops speaking whatever comes to him. Nobody knows how he managed to overthrow the Ram Mandir movement. “The Congress now tends to just utter anything that comes to mind. The Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, will only bring bad luck, he said. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Balak buddhi” jibe at the Congress MP, who is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, BJP officials have been demeaning Mr. Gandhi and claiming he has a “childish mind”. The Congress leader made the aforementioned comments when he was in Ahmedabad. He was talking about the Samajwadi Party, a Congress partner, running for the Lok Sabha seat in Faizabad, which includes Ayodhya.

In response to a question, Chouhan ridiculed Rahul Gandhi’s claim that India would not exist without Lord Ram

“This movement has thrown the Congress out of power many times and paved the way for the construction of a divine and grand temple, but Rahul Gandhi only lies,” added Chouhan. He accused the government of not providing a Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Gandhi of lying about the Agniveer martyrs in Parliament. “He (Rahul) is just capable of lying and creating confusion. That’s the reason Rahul Gandhi, the self-proclaimed “Bal Buddhi,” never stops speaking whatever comes to him. Nobody knows how he managed to overthrow the Ram Mandir movement.
“The Congress now tends to just utter anything that comes to mind. The Congress will invite-only tragedy under his (Rahul Gandhi’s) leadership,” Chouhan continued. Gandhi had also declared, while in Ahmedabad, that the Congress would beat the BJP in Gujarat (in the assembly elections of 2027), in the same way as the BJP candidate had lost in Ayodhya. Awadhesh Prasad of the Samajwadi Party defeated Lallu Singh of the BJP in the recent Lok Sabha elections. The Faizabad seat comprises the Ayodhya assembly segment.

In its electoral campaign, the BJP has emphasized the building of the Ram temple

During his speech in Ahmedabad, Mr. Gandhi asserted that the Gujarat state elections of 2027 will see the defeat of the BJP in its heartland. “We’re going to beat them in Gujarat together. Just like we defeated the BJP and Narendra Modi in Ayodhya, we will do the same in Gujarat,” Mr. Gandhi declared. This would be a difficult undertaking, considering the BJP won 156 of the 182 Assembly seats in the 2022 election, while the Congress only secured 17. Chirag Paswan, a Union Minister and the head of the BJP’s ally Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas), also took issue with Mr. Gandhi’s comments.
In response to the statements made by the Congress leader, he stated, “Rahul Gandhi should first understand that the Lok Sabha is in Faizabad, not Ayodhya. It includes Ayodhya, which is a Vidhan Sabha constituency. If they believe that Ayodhya’s victory is significant for them in such circumstances, then we are also analyzing our errors and striving for it. Their arrogance won’t last long, in my opinion, because they were unable to secure even 100 seats in the Lok Sabha, despite their lofty claims. Many states will hold elections in the coming days, and the outcomes will demonstrate the strength of the NDA.”