Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 13: The Bharatiya Janata Party responded angrily to a statement made by Congress leader Ajoy Kumar that NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu represents an ‘evil philosophy of India’ and should not be considered a “symbol of Adivasi” (BJP).
The Congress politician claimed in a statement to ANI on Tuesday that the situation for the Scheduled Castes had gotten “worse.”
For the July 18 presidential elections, Yashwant Sinha, a former union minister, has run against Murmu on the ticket of the Congress-led Opposition parties.
“It’s not about Droupadi Murmu. Yashwant Sinha is also a good candidate and Murmu is also a decent person. But she represents a very evil philosophy of India. We should not make her a symbol of ‘Adivasi’. We have President Ram Nath Kovind, Hathras happened. Has he said a word? The condition of Scheduled Castes has become worse,” he said.
#WATCH | Yashwant Sinha is good candidate, Droupadi Murmu is a decent person but she represents evil philosophy of India. We shouldn't make her symbol of tribals…Ram Nath Kovind is President but atrocities happening on SCs. Modi govt's fooling people: Congress leader Ajoy Kumar pic.twitter.com/E2vFyTT0aP
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2022
Droupadi Murmu will be India’s second female president and the nation’s first tribal leader if she is elected. She was Jharkhand’s first female governor (from 2015 to 2021).
Responding to Kumar, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala claimed that Droupadi Murmu had been humiliated by the Congress.
