‘What is he teaching?’: Mahua Moitra's jibe at Karnal mayor over Ram Rahim event

 

In a previous tweet, Moitra had hit out at the saffron party as several party leaders attended the rape convict's event.

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday took all her knives out once again to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the grant of parole to rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Slamming Karnal mayor Renu Bala Gupta for addressing the infamous Dera Sacha Sauda chief as ‘Pitaji’ at a virtual 'Satsang' which was attended by many politicians, including several BJP leaders.

“Karnal mayor calls convicted rapist & murderer Ram Rahim ‘Pitaji’, says ‘come to Karnal & once again give message of 'swachhta' and bless us’. BJP needs this man to win elections? What is he teaching online? How to rape? How to murder?” the Trinamool leader tweeted.

Karnal mayor Renu Bala Gupta, along with deputy mayor Naveen Kumar, and senior deputy mayor Rajesh Saggi were among those from the poll-bound Haryana unit of the saffron party who attended the ‘Satsang’.

Moitra's comments come days after the 55-year-old – who enjoys a huge following in the northern states, especially Haryana – was released on parole for 40 days after serving a jail term of 20 years for raping 2 women disciples. What stirred a controversy was that Rahim's parole comes just ahead of by-elections in Haryana.