The Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Aggarwal has stirred a hornet's nest by targetting prime minister Narender Modi by a casteist comment. In a function organized by The Vaishya Samaj in Lucknow the Samajwadi Party leader called Modi by his Teli caste.
The mention of Modi by his caste name created a furore in the congregation. People hooted Aggarwal and asked to tender apology. However, Naresh Aggarwal was adamant, and held that caste is a reality in India and one can't avoid it.
Obviously, Aggarwal's comment is going to provide grist to the political wheel, and BJP is not going to waste any time in cashing in on the comment to rake up caste sentiments and make Modi a scapegoat.
Earlier during the Gujarat elections Mani Shankar Aiyyer's comment on Modi had changed the discourse of the election campaigning. Aiyyer had referred to Modi as 'neech jati ka aadmi' and 'neech aadmi'.
BJP then had gone full throttle to get as much miieage from the comment. It had put Congress in the dock, so much so, that Congress had to suspend Aiyyer from the party.
It is strange that politicians are wont to issue such comments, knowing fully that it is going to be reaped politically by the other party. It is such apprehensions that is putting a question mark on the theatrics of such politicians.
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