Rahul Gandhi, Prakash Javadekar engage in war of words over I-T raids on Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu

The BJP and the Congress are at loggerheads with each other over the income tax department's (IT) raids on the offices and houses of several stars including filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu. Rahul Gandhi used Hindi idioms to target the government for raiding the 'pro-farmer' voices. In turn, the BJP responded with idioms, too.

Taking a dig at the government, Rahul Gandhi used the hashtag 'ModiRaidsProFarmers' with his tweet in Hindi. Putting out three popular Hindi idioms -- 'Ungliyon pe nachana', 'Bheegi billi banna' and 'Khisiyani billi khamba noche' -- Gandhi stated what he believes they mean in the current context.

कुछ मुहावरे:

उँगलियों पर नचाना- केंद्र सरकार IT Dept-ED-CBI के साथ ये करती है।

भीगी बिल्ली बनना- केंद्र सरकार के सामने मित्र मीडिया।

खिसियानी बिल्ली खंबा नोचे- जैसे केंद्र सरकार किसान-समर्थकों पर रेड कराती है।#ModiRaidsProFarmers

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 4, 2021

The Congress MP alleged that the central government makes the income tax department dance to its tunes, friendly media gets cowed down before the Centre and the central government raids those supporting farmers.

Hitting back at Gandhi, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar asked Gandhi to recall three more Hindis idioms -- 'Sau chuhe khakar billi chali Haj ko', 'Ungliyon per gine ja sakna' and 'ranga siyar' -- to target the Congress.

Mr. @RahulGandhi इन् मुहावरों को भी याद करिये
1. सौ चूहे खाकर बिल्ली चली हज को - आपातकाल में मीडिया की आज़ादी पर अंकुश लगाने वाली कांग्रेस का #Mediafreedom पे ज्ञान देना ।
2. ऊँगली पर गिने जा सकना - @INCIndia की मौजूदा स्तिथि और चुनाव में स्थिति ।

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 4, 2021

He used the first saying to mock the Congress for giving lesson in media freedom after stifling it during the Emergency, the second for the current political standing of the party and the third for a "family party" like it lecturing on democracy and "the most communal party" pretending to be secular.