Jashodaben-Modi issue: BJP counter-attacks, releases posters featuring Nehru, Mulayam & Rahul

VARANASI: The Congress’ attack on BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s revelation in his election affidavit in Vadodara saw his campaign office release a poster as a counter to what they termed as unnecessary propaganda.

The poster, available with ET shows various Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders as having more than one spouse or in the case of Rahul Gandhi as enjoying the bachelor life.

“Modiji has revealed his marital status, what is wrong with that?” says Ashok Chaurasia whose team prepared the poster. “He left home and family to serve the nation, the country needs to decide ki voh desh premi ke saath hain ya patni premi (whether they are with the patriot or dynasts),” he added.

In the poster, Jawahar Lal Nehru has been shown with Edwina Mountbatten, its been alleged that SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has two wives, SP leader Azam Khan as having six of them and AICC general secretary as having two wives.




Union minister Shahshi Tharoor’s wife, Sunanda Pushkar’s death under mysterious circumstances has also been mentioned, along with a picture of Rahul Gandhi being kissed by enthusiastic women supporters in Assam.

Congressmen in the district were however staunch in their determination over raising the issue. “Even if all they say about others is correct, does it justify what happened to Jashodaben Modi?’ says Devendra Singh, general secretary of the area. “It says something about his character, that he can conceal such fundamental things about his life,” he added.

"There is also a legal issue over him not disclosing the assets and liabilities of his wife in the election affidavit, and we are going to raise the issue," he said.