Singer Sona Mohapatra has Reacted Strongly to Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi's comments on Actor Aishwarya Rai, calling it Demeaning and an Attempt to get some Brownie Points.
"What’s with politicians demeaning women in their speeches to get some Brownie Points in a Sexist Landscape? Dear #RahulGandhi, sure someone has demeaned your own mother, sister similarly in the past & irrespective you ought to know better? Also, #AishwaryaRai dances beautifully," Mohapatra wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
In a recent public address during the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Rahul Gandhi singled out Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan while questioning the absence of members from Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
A video shows Rahul Gandhi accusing Aishwarya Rai of dancing at the event and Amitabh Bachchan doing 'Bhangra' moves there. Notably, Aishwarya Rai was not present at the consecration of Ram Lalla's idol. However, her husband Abhishek Bachchan and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan were present.
"Did you see the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple? Was there a single OBC face? There was Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, and Narendra Modi," news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
"People who constitute 73 per cent of the total population of the country were nowhere seen during the event. The BJP would never want them to assume the reins of the country,” he said.
In another post on X, Mohapatra wrote: "some continue to mock me for calling RG out for making an nth reference to Aishwarya Rai & as a (ghost) ‘dancer’. That he also brought up Amitabh Bachchan they claim proves that he’s fair. AB being a top-notch virtuoso professional, senior, legend. Doubly pathetic messaging I say. (sic)
Earlier, on Wednesday, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his "slurs" against actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The BJP said Rahul Gandhi "sank to a new low" after he "demeaned" Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
The Karnataka BJP also slammed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and questioned him over Rahul Gandhi insulting a "fellow Kannadiga".
"Frustrated by constant rejections by Indians, Rahul Gandhi has sunk to a new low of demeaning India's Pride Aishwarya Rai. A fourth-generation dynast, with zero achievements, now resorts to slurs against Aishwarya Rai, who has brought more glory to India than Rahul Gandhi's entire family," the Karnataka BJP said in a tweet.
