Amit Shah calls Mahatma Gandhi ‘chatur baniya’, Twitter says it shows BJP President’s ‘broad views’

BJP President Amit Shah made the statement on the second day of his visit to Chhattisgarh in a gathering of "eminent personalities" of the state

By: News Desk |
June 10, 2017 4:04 pm

Raking up a controversy on Friday, Bharatiya Janta Party President Amit Shah called father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi “bahut chatur baniya”. He made the statement on the second day of his visit to Chhattisgarh in a gathering of “eminent personalities” of the state.

Amit Shah said, “Congress kisi ek vichaar dhaara ke adhaar par, kisi ek siddhant ke adhaar par bani hui party hi nahi hai, woh azadi prapt karne ka ek special purpose vehicle hai, azadi prapt karne ka ek saadhan tha. Aur isi liye Mahatma Gandhi ne durandesi ke saath, bahut chatur baniya tha woh, usko maloom tha aage kya hone waala hai, usne azadi ke baad turant kaha tha, Congress ko bikher dena chahiye.”

(The Congress does not have one ideology or one principle, it had a special purpose vehicle to gain independence…this is why Mahatma Gandhi with foresight, he was a very clever baniya, he knew what was going to happen, after India got independence he said that the Congress should be dissolved)

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Here’s how Twitter reacted to it:

A Chatur Tadipar Who Is Involved In Extortion,Calling A Chatur Baniya Who Led His Life In Struggle 2 Free India.
#MahatmaGandhi R.I.P Baapu pic.twitter.com/GIgXJ2FN4D

— Niraj Bhatia (@bhatia_niraj23) June 10, 2017

Mahatma Gandhi’s response to Amit Shah: pic.twitter.com/JANLaFIklp

— IMRAN KHAN (@imranmkkhan) June 10, 2017

Mahatma, ‘murdered’ again, this time with language. https://t.co/NyGCCJQS25

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 10, 2017

Dear @AmitShah , see this picture and smile at your stupidity.

Mahatma Gandhi is Love _ pic.twitter.com/kzGBsbHgQX

— Roshan Rai (@Roshan_Kr_Rai) June 10, 2017

To quote Amit Shah on the Mahatma is to belittle him, but have to say to use ____ wording & refer to caste shameful! https://t.co/jesKrSkW7g

— Jayant Chaudhary (@jayantrld) June 10, 2017

I wonder how many Baniyas voted for bjp_..Shah/bjp thinks Baniyas cn stoop vry low 4 profit &thier loyalty is 4 salehttps://t.co/rfKQeBTPGs

— DeepJyoti (@Shishyoham) June 10, 2017

As per Amittu Shaji, Gandhiji was just a clever Bania..shows how broad his views are _ https://t.co/QAidImOs0F

— James Wilson (@jamewils) June 10, 2017

“Amit Shah on Mahatma Gandhi: Bahot Chatur Baniya tha”
*What else you can expect from a Tadipaar with no class.https://t.co/7FwizkEFg9

— Saniya Sayed (@Ssaniya25) June 10, 2017

If @AmitShah calls Mahatma Gandhi as “Chatur Baniya”, Amit Shah is the 1st “Bevkoof Baniya” in the Vaishya community

— Nitin Sharma (@nitinsharma13) June 10, 2017

1 RT = 1 Tight Slap To Shah #MahatmaGandhi pic.twitter.com/PxuyHcBp84

— Trolacharya (@Trolacharya) June 10, 2017

#MahatmaGandhi
Churchill called him a “half-naked fakir”
Amit Shah calls him a “clever baniya”
World sees him as an apostle of non-violence

— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) June 10, 2017

Also Read: Amit Shah calls Mahatma Gandhi a ‘Bahut chatur baniya’, faces heat from Opposition Congress

At the gathering, Amit Shah said that only two political parties in the country have inner democracy and these parties are BJP and CPI (M). He said that it was evident that if Sonia Gandhi steps down as the president of Congress, then Rahul Gandhi will be given that position but nobody knows who would be the next BJP president. He also praised Raman Singh-led government in the state and applauded for emerging from the “BIMARU” tag.

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