Maharashtra: It's a Raavan, Kumbhakaran battle between BJP, Congress

Mumbai | Wednesday | 25th September, 2019

Summary:

In the politics of Maharashtra, suddenly mythological characters are being compared with the leaders. While a Congress leader compared Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to Raavan, a leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) compared the entire Congress leaders to his brother, Kumbhakaran. Senior Congress Nana Patole likened the CM to that of Raavan when he was asked about the problem of farmers and governance issues in the state. Reacting to Patole's statement, state BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari replied, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the country towards Ram Rajya while all leaders in Congress are sleeping like Kumbhkaran. This comes after the state politics had heated up over a cartoon of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar posted by BJP's Twitter handle..