New Delhi: A controversy erupted on Monday after a video of Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole went viral, in which it was said that he can beat and abuse Modi.
The video received a sharp response from the BJP, even as Patole later clarified that he was not referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but a local village goon, who took the PM’s surname. had shared.
Near the Pakistan border in Punjab, Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi aranendramodi His party remains in the headlines for 20 minutes and the Chief Minister of Congress does not even know about it.
Now the Congress President of Maharashtra said, I can kill Modi, I can swear… https://t.co/JdzCZkrpHi— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) 17 January 2022
The video clip, in which Patole is speaking in Marathi, was tweeted by a channel and then by former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis.
In the video, Patole is seen talking to the villagers of Bhandara district and saying, “I can defeat Modi, I can defame him. This is the reason why he came to campaign against me.
After the video went viral, Patole clarified that villagers had complained to him about a local goon named Modi in his constituency and he was referring to them.
He further said that the video was being made viral on social media in a “vicious” manner.
“Let me again clarify that I was talking about a local goon named Modi, not the Prime Minister,” PTI quoted Patole as saying.
Maharashtra Congress General Secretary Atul Londhe Patil tweeted, “People of Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patoleji’s constituency were complaining about a local goon, popularly known as Modi. Whatever Patole ji said was about him. I was not about honorable PM Narendra Modi ji.”
People of Maharashtra Congress President Shri Nana Patoleji’s constituency were complaining about the local goon who is popularly known as Modi, whatever Patoleji said was about him and not Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji About this.
– Atul Londhe Patil (Ultulondhe) 17 January 2022
Devendra Fadnavis criticized the recent breach in the security of the Prime Minister in Punjab to target the Congress
Fadnavis tweeted, “Now, Maharashtra Congress chief says he can defeat Modi and defame him. What is happening with Congress. The party, which was once involved in freedom struggle, downplayed it. Have given.”
Fadnavis further said that Patole has only grown physically and not mentally.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted Patole’s clip saying, “Now you know why the PM security breach was a conspiracy (conspiracy).”
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