Meaning of 'Modi' needs to be corruption: BJP's Khushbu's tweet viral
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Actor-turned-politician and BJP leader, Khushbu Sundar, Image source: https://nationalchronicle.in
New Delhi: As the country witnesses severe protests and demonstrations, at places, for disqualifying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his Modi reference some four years, it is actor-turned-politician Kushbu Sundar who has put herself in a tight spot.
Now a tweet by her from 2018 has surfaced where she says the meaning of the word Modi should be changed to corruption.
Kushbu, who was a Congress member at that time, wrote in Hindi, "Yahan #Modi wahan #Modi jahan dekho #Modi..lekin yeh kya?? Har #Modi ke aage #bhrashtachaar surname laga hua hai..toh baat ko no samjho..#Modi mutlab #bhrashtachaar.. let's change the meaning of #Modi to corruption..suits better..#Nirav #Lalit #Namo = corruption…". It is roughly translated to Modi is everywhere, and the surname is linked with corruption.
Yahan #Modi wahan #Modi jahan dekho #Modi..lekin yeh kya?? Har #Modi ke aage #bhrashtachaar surname laga hua hai..toh baat ko no samjho..#Modi mutlab #bhrashtachaar..let's change the meaning of #Modi to corruption..suits better..#Nirav #Lalit #Namo = corruption..👌👌😊😊
— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) February 15, 2018
But Khusbhu came saying that she is not ashamed obout her post in question and justified that she was with Congress then and was speaking the language of the party. She said that Congress was 'desperate' to bring up her old tweets.
PTI quoted her, "Congress party raking up an old tweet of mine shows how desperate they are. I am not ashamed of the 'Modi' tweet posted when I was in the Congress party. I was only following the leader and speaking the language of the party then."
The National Commission for Women member, Kushbu, joined BJP after leaving Congress in 2020.
Rahul Gandhi was convicted by a Gujarat court in a defamation case and sentenced to two years in jail. Following that, he was disqualified as a Lok Sabha member on Friday. He is yet to challenge the court order in a higher court.
The case was from Rahul's comments in a 2019 rally in Karnataka's Kollar, where he said, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname."