‘Rahul Gandhi in and as Tubelight’: BJP, Congress poster war escalates

Amid the ongoing poster war between the BJP and the Congress after the latter posted a Panauti-e-Azam attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has intensified the counter-attack on the Congress with a poster of the film ‘Tubelight’ with the face of the actor in the film replaced by the ex-Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

The poster has ‘Congress presents Made in China Rahul Gandhi in and as Tubelight’ written on it.

Notably, the political slugfest over Rahul Gandhi's 'panauti' barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi escalated into a poster war on social media on Friday with the Congress referring to the PM as "Panauti-e-Azam" and the BJP hitting back, calling the Gandhi family the "real panauti" of the country. A Hindi slang, "panauti" loosely refers to someone who brings bad luck. 

Fuse Tubelight pic.twitter.com/SQax9wdZhQ

— BJP (@BJP4India) November 24, 2023

Panauti-e-Azam Vs Bharat Ki Asli Panauti 

The Congress put out a poster on X in which Modi is shown behind a curtain with the words "PANAUTI-E-AZAM" written on it.

Hitting back at the Congress, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla put out another poster which had the names of "Priyanka, Rahul, Sonia, Rajiv, Nehru, Robert and Indira" written and the term "PANAUTI" highlighted using the letters of the names of the Gandhi family members mentioned in the poster.

"Ye hain Bharat ke liye asli Panauti (these are the real Panautis for Bharat)," the poster headline says.

In a post on X tagging the poster, the BJP leader said, "Bharat ki asli PANAUTI -- P-Parivarvaad (dynastic politics), A- Aatankwaad (terrorism), N- Nepotism, A- Absolute corruption, U- Underperforming economy, T- Tushtikaran (appeasement), I - Ignoring National int for votebank." "PM means Panauti Modi," Rahul Gandhi had said on Tuesday while referring to India's loss to Australia in the Cricket World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday.