Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel condemns AAP's Gopal Italia over castiest slurs against PM Modi

New Delhi, Oct 18: After AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia made derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother, he has been receiving heavy backlash. In the latest development, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Bhagel has condemned the party, stating that the comments made by the AAP leader were in poor taste.

 

 

Stating that Italia made casteist remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother who has nothing to do with politics, Bhagel said that besides the BJP, now even the Congress will give a tough competition to the AAP in the Gujarat elections.

Further claiming that the AAP is going to every state to defeat the Congress, Bhagel took a jibe at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's party stating that the AAP is not Aam Aadmi Party but 'Khas Aadmi Party'.

 

 

Gopal Italia was detained and taken to Sarita Vihar police station by the Delhi Police for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother. However, he was released after a few hours in detention.

 

 

It is pertinent to mention that two old videos of Italia went viral, one in which he criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “neech” politics and uses a cuss word for his government. Another is that he tells women that “temples and kathas (religious discourses) are breeding grounds of exploitation” where they would gain nothing, and advises mothers and daughters to avoid going to temples if they want development and to gain respect.