Maulana Azad missing in Cong ad, party apologises

After going through a backlash from a number of Bhartiya Janata Celebration (BJP) leaders for lacking out on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s {photograph} from an advert, Congress on Sunday apologized calling it an “inexcusable slip up”. The complete-page newspaper commercial was for the eighty fifth Congress Plenary Session in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur from February 24-26.

BJP got here down closely on the grand outdated social gathering calling out its “vote financial institution politics”, and claiming Azad was lacking from the poster advert as a result of he no extra holds utility for Congress.

Releasing an apology, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter and wrote, “Duty for it’s being mounted & motion will probably be taken. In the meantime it is a most honest apology from us. He’ll at all times stay an iconic & inspiring determine for us & India.”

In the meantime, BJP chief Amit Malviya took to Twitter and wrote, “It’s about Maulana Azad’s diminishing utility for the Congress to fetch Muslim votes. Nothing else explains this. Congress has discovered new icons in bigots like Tipu Sultan and Aurangzeb. Congress makes use of Muslim icons for votebank politics.”

Moreover, BJP chief Shehzad Poonawalla took the “votebank politics” jibe a notch up and puzzled if Afzal and Yakub are higher vote catchers for Congress. “Congress now has no use for Maulana Azad! Maybe they’ve discovered that Afzal & Yakub are higher vote catchers? And look the place they’ve positioned Netaji ! In the identical row as Indira & Rajiv Gandhi! Actually?”

Former Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad additionally attacked the Congress, saying that after “my exit from the social gathering, BJPisation of Congress is going down”. Hitting out at Azad, Ramesh mentioned, “Maulana Abul Kalam Azad by no means ever betrayed the Congress Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad. Did you see the backdrop at Raipur the place Maulana Azad was prominently displayed.”