Congress leader Aradhana Mishra landed in a controversy after she allegedly discouraged party workers from raising the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogan at a meeting held in Jaipur.
On Monday, two groups clashed during the meeting of Congress workers of the Adarsh Nagar block over the selection of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections in front of Arashana Mishra and Jaipur unit president RR Tiwari.
The Congress leader, who is also Congress’ poll observer for the state, got annoyed with the situation and advised party workers not to raise slogans in favour of their candidate. Following this advice, the workers started raising the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogan. In response to the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogan, Mishra intervened and said, “If you are fond of raising slogans, then raise the slogan of Congress Zindabad.”
On Tuesday, BJP president J P Nadda responded to the situation by accusing Congress of having no respect for the country, the Constitution and constitutional institutions, as he questioned why the opposition party “hates” the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogan.
Nadda alleged that the Congress is only concerned about “the glorification of one special family”. He asked, “Why do those who engage in political yatra in the name of ‘Bharat Jodo’ hate the chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ so much?”
However, Aradhana Mishra addressed some reporters on Tuesday and said that she had only asked Congress workers to stop raising slogans in favour of any one candidate.
She said, “As an AICC (All India Congress Committee) observer, I had stopped workers from raising slogans in favour of any individual and said only slogans in favour of the party can be raised”. Mishra said that it is quite natural that supporters raise slogans in favour of their leaders in such meetings when applying for candidature.
