Shehzad Poonawalla, BJP’s sharp-tongued spokesperson, unleashed fury on Congress, labeling it an adversary to Ram bhakti, rural India, Viksit Bharat, and farmers following their protests against the Centre’s ‘Jai Ram Ji’ MGNREGA alternative.
He invoked Congress leaders’ confessions: ‘Jairam Ramesh admitted MGNREGA’s limitations—yet tears flow now.’ NDA’s funding surge for the scheme shames UPA, aligning with Pawar-Chidambaram’s state-responsibility push for farmer relief.
Key upgrades include 125-day job guarantees, real-time payments, and digital transparency—blueprints for a developed nation. Congress’s nay-saying betrays its obstructive core, Poonawalla contended.
Countering Shiv Sena (UBT) on SIR, he stressed Bihar’s Supreme Court oversight and lack of post-list court petitions. Opposition’s state-wide stirs are infiltration-protection ruses, deflecting to EVMs and EC.
Karnataka BBMP’s ballot gambit is Congress’s ‘dynasty shield,’ he mocked. ‘Method changes, result doesn’t: defeat awaits.’
Poonawalla’s offensive signals BJP’s strategy to contrast transformative policies against Congress’s alleged sabotage ahead of polls.