Lok Sabha: Anurag Thakur, Rahul Gandhi Exchange Barbs Over Caste Census Personal Insults

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised BJP leader Anurag Thakur’s speech in the Lok Sabha, wherein the former Union minister made a political counter to the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s address. PM Modi termed Thakur’s speech a “must-hear”.

Taking to microblogging site X, the prime minister shared an excerpt of Anurag Thakur’s speech and wrote, “This speech by my young and energetic colleague Shri Anurag Thakur is a must hear. A perfect mix of facts and humour, exposing the dirty politics of the INDI Alliance.”

Thakur had hit back at Gandhi over his speech in the Lok Sabha. The BJP leader used Gandhi’s reference to ‘Chakravyuh’ and its characters to slam the Congress. He referred to the alleged scams during the Congress governments and its leaders’ references to caste quotas in the past to question the Leader of the Opposition.