Condemning Gujarat AAP President Gopal Italia’s casteist remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that a mother can never be selfish even if her son turns out to be one. “Mata Kabhi kumata nahi hoti beta hota hai. Saput Kaput ho sakta hai lekin mata kumata nahi ho sakti (a son can be a selfish but a mother can neve be),” Baghel said in his remarks on Italia.
“Gopal Italia made casteist remarks that Gujarat and the country will not tolerate. He commented on PM Modi’s mother. A mother is a mother whose mother she is. She is 100 years old and has nothing to do with politics. The Congress party condemns this,” said Baghel.
Last week, a video of Italia went viral in which he is purportedly heard asking the women not to visit the temples and ‘kathas’ (sermons by Hindu priests) as they are “hubs of exploitation.” This comes days after he allegedly made a casteist remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in yet another viral video.
Italia was detained by the Delhi Police after he was summoned by the National Commission of Women (NCW) on Thursday.
The NCW chief summoned Italia over a controversial video, in which he purportedly used derogatory language against PM Modi.
Baghel further claimed that AAP is the “B” team of the BJP and they go to Gujarat, Goa, and Uttarakhand to defeat Congress, adding that whatever they say but that is their goal.
“They say where is Congress? Congress is in the entire country. AAP is not the Aam Aadmi Party but ‘Khaas Aadmi Party’. They may wear loose-fitting kurta pants but they are Khaas Aadmi Party and BJP’s B team,” CM said.
He further said that he would campaign for the Gujarat elections.
“Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has reached in Gujarat and our people are continuously working at the ground level,” he said.
Talking about Gujarat elections, CM Baghel told the press, “It is such that there is only campaigning of AAP, there is nothing on the ground, it is visible in a few cities, otherwise it is nowhere. The fight will be between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. ”.
