Modi ‘my favourite actor’, says Rajasthan CM, gives Congress anti-PM ammo | India News

Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, deputy CM Diya Kumari with Bollywood stars Kartik Aryan and Karan Johar in the course of the IIFA Awards, in Jaipur. (PTI Photo)

JAIPUR: Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma ignited a political controversy after allegedly referring to PM Narendra Modi as his “favourite actor” throughout an awards perform Sunday night time. Congress seized the remark to swipe at Modi, asserting that the CM confirmed what they’d lengthy maintained concerning the PM.
BJP spokesperson Laxmikant Bhardwaj pushed again, claiming the query posed to Sharma was about his favourite “hero”, not actor. Sharma’s comment was made in response to a media question.
“Question asked to the CM — ‘Sir, who is your favourite hero?’ CM’s answer—‘Narendra Modi Ji’… Congress members, having stooped to the level of a family’s feet, are unsuccessfully trying to continue their tradition of lies and deceit by editing videos and creating fake scripts,” Bhardwaj stated.
The controversy erupted after state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra shared a video clip of Sharma’s response on X. “We’ve been saying for a long time that Modi is not a leader, but an actor. Even if it’s late, the BJP CM has started saying that Modi is not a people’s leader, but an actor. He is skilled in camera artistry, teleprompters, costumes, and eloquent speeches,” he posted.
Bhardwaj accused Congress of spreading “propaganda by editing videos”, arguing that hundreds of thousands of individuals see Modi as a hero. His rebuttal on X, nonetheless, got here practically eight hours after Dotasra’s submit had already gained over 50,000 views.
Adding to the controversy, LoP Tikaram Jully remarked: “Modi ji is not a chaukidaar (watchman) but a kalakaar (artist). We have been saying from the beginning that Modi ji is not a watchman, but a great artist. Today, Bhajan Lal Sharma, himself acknowledged that PM Narendra Modi ji is not a public servant but an #actor.”