The Indian political circle is very much busy nowadays, discussing about the jacket of Rahul Gandhi which he wore in a program in Meghalaya. The Congress President is in the north-eastern state as he is campaigning for the state elections which are going to take place in February.
He attended a program entitled “Celebration of Peace” and during that function, he wore a black jacket. The Meghalaya unit of BJP dug out information about the jacket and posted it on their Twitter handle. The jacket is said to be two-in-one down puffer jacket from the British luxury fashion brand Burberry and the jacket is listed for Rs. 70,000 (approx.) on the Bloomingdales website.
This is what Meghalaya unit of BJP tweeted “So @OfficeOfRG , soot(pun intended!)-boot ki sarkar with ‘black’ money fleeced from Meghalayan State exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of singing away our woes, you could have given a report card of your inefficient govt in Meghalaya! Your indifference mocks us!”
In this tweet, they paired photo of Congress President in black jacket with the original photo of jacket and its price.
So @OfficeOfRG , soot(pun intended!)-boot ki sarkar with ‘black’ money fleeced from Meghalayan State exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of singing away our woes, you could have given a report card of your inefficient govt in Meghalaya! Your indifference mocks us! pic.twitter.com/sRvj5eoyRb
— BJP Meghalaya (@BJP4Meghalaya) January 30, 2018
This was a jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s comment of “suit-boot ki sarkar” on PM Modi and his government; however Congress laughed at the jibe. Senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury said that similar jackets are available in market just for Rs. 700.
Watch The Video:
#WATCH Congress' Renuka Chowdhury reacts to BJP's allegation stating that Rahul Gandhi wore a jacket worth Rs.70,000, laughs and says, 'I can show you the same jacket for Rs 700.' pic.twitter.com/8JHCrHbw4B
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2018
Click here to watch this video directly on Twitter
We all know that duplicate and cheap copies of branded items are available in the market but a BJP leader Tajinder P Singh Bagga took trolling to a new level when he Paytm-ed Rs. 700 to Renuka Chowdhury and asked her to send the same jacket to him at his office address.
He tweeted the screenshot of e-mail notification to prove that he has really sent the money to Renuka Chowdury.
The caption read,
“@OfficeOfRG
Sent Rs 700 to Mrs Renuka Chowdhary. Please send me the same Jacket to my office address in Tilak Nagar
7A/2 Krishna Nagar, Tilak Nagar, New Delhi-110018”
. @OfficeOfRG
Sent Rs 700 to Mrs Renuka Chowdhary. Please send me the same Jacket to my office address in Tilak Nagar
7A/2 Krishna Nagar, Tilak Nagar, New Delhi-110018 pic.twitter.com/I3WsZnbR8r— Tajinder Bagga (Modi Ka Parivar) (@TajinderBagga) January 31, 2018
Twitter also trolled Congress after this. Here are few selected tweets:
Don’t forget delivery charges or else they won’t send:
Kuch bhi Sir?
Delivery charges extra..!
Send 70 Rs /- more…
Warna bahana mil jayega!— Abhinandan Singh अभिनंदन सिंह 🚩 (@abhinandan1441) January 31, 2018
She’s a stand-up comedian:
https://twitter.com/rajattwittes/status/958878549288525824
Think before speaking:
What a master stroke Bagga ji 700 Rs main same jacket impossible pata nahin kitni baar @INCIndia ka jhoot pakda jayega, bolne se pahle sochte nahin🙏
— Anurudh Singh🇮🇳 (@maalgodam) January 31, 2018
LOL 😀
https://twitter.com/jayeshdewana12/status/958923179371581440
Can’t trust Congress:
Me too…. 🙋🙋🙋
But first send jacket then I will pay, Congress pe bharosa nhi rha ab.— All India Youth Fraternity (@aiyf_org) January 31, 2018
Her reaction after this:
https://twitter.com/righty108/status/958716446900617216
There you are 😀
बग्गा जी चौधराईन के अनुसार जैकेट तो 700 रूपये का ही हैं पर डिलीवरी चार्ज मात्र 69300 एक्स्ट्रा हैं।
😋😋— जसवंत सिंह बिष्ट (मोदी का परिवार) 🤗🤗 (@jaswantsb1) January 31, 2018
Achche din:
Sir ek hamare liye bhi…Hum.1100/- ka shagun de denge. Fattey kurte ka baad aisi burberry jacket kisko nai.chahiye woh bhi 700/- main…Wow..Acche din..
— Neha Mehrotra (@nm_hs_rms) January 31, 2018
Angry user:
इसके बाद आपकी बताई कीमत में बदलाव आएगा क्या ?? सच को कबूल करने में क्या समस्या है !! जनता तो जानती है ही की कैसे और कितने अमीर है आपके राजकुमार! और ये भी की फटी जेब का कुर्ता महज़ एक चुनावी स्टंट था! तो रेणुकाजी सच ही बोले, नहीं तो क्यू मुँह खोले ! @OfficeOfRG #BurberryBarb pic.twitter.com/UfwZDfO2wJ
— सिद्धी 🇮🇳 (मोदी का परिवार) (@siddhiak) February 1, 2018
The Congress leader might have given the statement just to avoid the whole controversy but BJP seems to be in no mood to end it soon.
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