A recent video of Priyanka Gandhi that has gone viral on Twitter is not proving good for her. She is receiving severe backlash for using kids to promote her party.
"Uncouth to the core," the Union Minister fumed. "Imagine the filthiest of abuses that a prime minister has to endure from people whose only claim to fame is a nose."
What the hell is Congress teaching to these innocent kids? pic.twitter.com/0ittZIKz6u
— Chowkidar Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) April 30, 2019
An angry Smriti Irani also tore into the Nehru-Gandhi family on Tuesday night after a video showed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with children who were using abusive language to describe Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Uncouth to the core. Imagine the filthiest of abuses that a Prime Minister has to endure from people whose only claim to fame is a nose. Lutyens outrage anyone ???? https://t.co/T5sPyKtmbr
— Chowkidar Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) April 30, 2019
Here's what happened. First, Priyanka watched the children shout "chowkidar chor hai [the watchman is a thief]", the slogan used by the Congress party to accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of corruption in the Rafale defence deal.
Priyanka Gandhi looked on, amused, even nodding approvingly until the children let out an expletive for PM Modi. The Congress leader, her eyes widened, stopped them, saying: "Yeh wala nahin. Accha nahin lagega. Acche bachche bano (Not this one. It is not nice. Be good children)."
The boys then started shouting: "Rahul Gandhi zindabad."
A longer version of the video that Smriti Irani shared shows that Priyanka Gandhi and others stopped the children from using the offensive slogan.
When kids in their excitement make distasteful remarks against PM Narendra Modi.@priyankagandhi ji discourages them against raising such slogans and says "Ache Bachhe Bano"! pic.twitter.com/yNghJwJm91
— Saral Patel #AbHogaNyay (@SaralPatel) April 30, 2019
The video has been widely shared, with varied reactions, depending on who's posting it.
I am not surprised... ! you can’t get upset with Cong for being Cong ! https://t.co/PJ42lwqnnS
— Chowkidar Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) May 1, 2019