"Namdar Congress Can't Stand Kamdar PM": Huge Row Over 'Chaiwala' AI Video

In a development set to add chaos to Parliament proceedings during the ongoing Winter Session, a senior Congress leader's reckless social media post that shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi selling tea has sparked a massive row.

Late last night, Congress leader Ragini Nayak shared an AI-generated video showing the Prime Minister walking with a kettle and glasses at what appears to be a global event.

The Prime Minister has said in the past that his father ran a tea stall at Vadnagar station in Gujarat, and he helped him as a child. Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, in which he led the BJP to a thumping win, Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar had mocked Narendra Modi's humble background and said he would never get the top post. Prime Minister Modi is now in his third term.

A decade after Aiyar's remark, Congress leader Nayak has made another tasteless 'chai' remark on the Prime Minister, drawing a sharp response from the BJP.

Senior BJP leader CR Kesavan said Nayak's post "exposes the depraved mindset of the Congress leadership". "This disgusting tweet by the Congress is a grievous insult to the 140 crore hardworking meritorious Indians and it is a direct attack by the Congress on the OBC community," he said.

"The Congress leadership and Rahul Gandhi hate the fact that the people of India continue to bless and choose PM Narendra Modi ji who has come up through dedication and hard work as opposed to the arrogant and entitled Rahul Gandhi, who has been repeatedly rejected by the people. The Congress party is a habitual offender when it comes to abusing PM Modi and even his late mother. The people of India will teach the degenerate Congress a punitive lesson," Kesavan said.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said "Naamdar Congress cannot stand a Kamdar PM from the OBC community who has come from a poor background". "They mocked his Chaiwala background earlier too. They abused him 150 times. They abused his mother in Bihar. People will never forgive them," he said on X.

The Congress leader's post has come at the beginning of what is likely to be a stormy Winter Session. The Centre has prepared a long list of legislative agenda, but the Opposition is trying to corner the government on key issues such as Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in several states.