Surat: While attacking the Congress at the inauguration of an election office of his party candidate at Amroli, Gujarat BJP Chief Jitu Vaghani resorted to using vile language that has the potential of vitiating the poll atmosphere.
He said that, “Hu rajya ni janata ne chetava mangu chhu: odkhi lejo aava haramzadao ne. Jena mann ma paap chhe, jene loko ne heranaj karva chhe ane pareshanaj karva chhe. Aava loko ne odkhi ne, mitron, kamal na nishaan upar button dabavi ne khobe khobe mat aapo avi vinanti karu chhu.” (“I would like to warn the people of the state: recognise these illegitimately born, who have sinful minds and only want to harass and trouble people. Recognise such people, friends, and press the button on the lotus, vote for us overwhelmingly, that is my request”). However this is not the first time that he has said something so offensive. A few days back he had said whether commandos were present while the Gandhi children were breastfed.
The 2019 elections mark a new low in political discourse and various BJP leaders have been caught on record using deplorable language to mobilize and influence voters. It is therefore interesting to note the connotations of the word ‘Haramzadon’ since during the 2014 Delhi Assembly election campaign, another BJP member and Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan had asked the voters whether they want a government of ‘Ramzadon or Haramzadon’ directly targeting the opposition while abusing a community too. The Gujarat BJP chief seems to have taken a leaf out of the Sadhvi’s hateful speech. In the same vein, the UP CM had tweeted on April 5 saying that the Muslim league is a virus and the Congress is affected by it; thus, the public should ensure that they don’t spread this virus.
For the BJP’s leaders to resort to vile language for petty gains is surely an indication of its growing nervousness. There seems to be no other rational explanation for such utterances.