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BJP General Secretary P Muralidhar Rao has triggered a huge row with his statement that people belonging to Brahmin and Baniya communities are in his “pockets”. Rao, in-charge of Madhya Pradesh, came under attack from the Congress which sought an apology from the BJP leader, who later claimed the opposition party has “distorted” his statement.
As per PTI report, Addressing a press conference at the BJP’s state headquarters, Rao said the party and its governments are going to have special focus on scheduled tribes and scheduled castes not as vote-banks but to address their concern like backwardness, employment and education. After this, journalists asked Rao that perception about the BJP has been that it is a political party of Brahmins-Baniyas and he was talking about special focus on SCs/STs at a time when the saffron outfit’s slogan is sabka saath, sabka vikas (with all, for everyone’s development).
In reply, the BJP leader, while pointing towards his kurta’s pockets, said, Brahmins and Baniyas are in my pockets. You (media people) termed us a Brahmin and Baniya party when most workers and vote bank were from these sections. Rao said the BJP is working towards gaining trust of all sections of the society.
