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Kumbharam as Kumbhakaran?: PM Modi mocks Rahul Gandhi over name gaffe

Rahul Gandhi had mispronounced Kumbharam as Kumbhakaran while mentioning a Lift Canal project in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district named after Chaudhary Kumbharam Arya.

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Mocking Rahul Gandhi over his gaffe calling Rajasthan jat leader Kumbharam as Kumbhakaran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress president does not even know the names of his own party leaders.

During a speech on Tuesday, Mr Gandhi had mispronounced Kumbharam as Kumbhakaran while mentioning a Lift Canal project in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district named after Chaudhary Kumbharam Arya. 

"Congress President does not even know the names of his own party leaders. He did not even know the name of a very popular farmer and jat leader in Congress, late Kumbharam ji. He called him 'Kumbhakaran'. You can imagine what such people will do when in power," PM Modi said during a rally in Rajasthan's Sumerpur. 

Chaudhary Kumbharam Arya was a freedom fighter, tall Jat leader, parliamentarian and popular farmer leader in Rajasthan. 

On Tuesday, BJP leaders including Union Minister Piyush Goyal and IT Cell head Amit Malviya shared a video in which Rahul Gandhi appeared to fluff his lines during a speech.

In the video, which was a part of his speech in Alwar, Gandhi failed to say Kumbharam and instead ended up saying Kumbhakaran.

Kumbhakaran (or Kumbhakarna) is a demon from the epic Ramayana who’s Ravana’s younger brother with a penchant for deep sleep. 

Attacking the Congress chief over the gaffe, Union Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted: “Kumbhakarna used to sleep for 6 months Congress slept for 60 years and deprived India of development.”

In his rally on the last day of campaigning before the state elections on Friday, Modi also referred to the extradition of Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the politically-sensitive Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal from the UPA era. Michel was brought to India late Tuesday. 

"The government has brought the middleman involved in a helicopter scam from Dubai. He served politicians and will now disclose secrets," the prime minister said.

"Let's see how far this goes," he said. 

Taking on the Gandhi family a day after the Supreme Court ordered that IT cases against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi be reopened, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here Wednesday that his government had scored a win thanks to the courage of a "chaiwala".

Alleging that the Gandhi family had been enjoying privileges for four generations, Modi said at an election rally in Sumerpur in Pali district that it was the "victory of the honest".

Today is the last of day of campaigning in Rajasthan where polls will be held on December 7. The counting of the votes will take place on December 11.

(With PTI inputs) 

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