Opposition party leaders have seized on the sweep of both chambers of the US Congress by the Democrats in the midterm elections, drawing a parallel between US President Donald Trump’s political setback and the electoral future of the BJP in India.
Opposition leaders said the American midterm results indicated a pushback against right-wing powers across the world
“Today POTUS. Tomorrow LOTUS,” she said, comparing the political fate of the President of the United States with the BJP’s future. “Why did this happen to Trump? In America, he is America’s Modi. “The condition that happened there is going to happen here too. Through elections, he too will go. Priyanka Kakkar, who recently joined the Congress after quitting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in a post on X took a swipe at the BJP, referring to its election symbol. “Abdul succeeded over there as a senator from Michigan. What do the BJP people say? ‘Abdul fixes punctures’. The Samajwadi Party people say ‘Abdul will lay out carpets’.
The Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and AIMIM said the American midterm results indicated a pushback against right-wing powers across the world. The ruling BJP dismissed the Opposition’s claim and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political position remains unshakeable. And the one here is India’s Trump,” Congress MP Pawan Khera said. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said “change is in the air”, while party leaders circulated the slogan posted by Kakkar. Congress MP Kumari Selja said the US midterm poll results showed voters eventually take action against centralised authority. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh linked the US development to the central government’s push for simultaneous elections in India, alleging on social media that PM Modi wants to introduce the ‘One Nation, One Election’ policy because he fears suffering a similar “midterm” loss in assembly elections. We are telling you that brother, in a democracy, Abdul has become a senator, so now in UP Abdul will not bow his head before anyone, rather now he will become an MLA,” Owaisi said.
