{"id":306890,"date":"2025-10-31T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=306890"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:55:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:25:04","slug":"no-rahul-gandhi-did-not-call-chhath-puja-a-drama-claim-by-modi-bjp-camp-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-rahul-gandhi-did-not-call-chhath-puja-a-drama-claim-by-modi-bjp-camp-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Gandhi did not call Chhath puja a ‘drama’; claim by Modi, BJP camp false"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rahul Gandhi\u2019s comments on Chhath puja at an election rally in Bihar have raised a political storm. It is being claimed that the Congress MP called Chhath puja, celebrated primarily in north Indian states, a ‘drama’. <\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Bihar\u2019s Muzaffarpur on October 30, called Congress and RJD \u201cshameless\u201d while criticizing Gandhi’s comments. <\/span>Slamming the Opposition coalition in Bihar, Modi claimed, \u201cCongress and RJD have insulted Chhathi Maiyya for votes\u201d by calling Chhath puja a \u201cdrama\u201d. “For them (RJD-Congress), the puja of Chhathi maiya is a drama,” these were the PM’s exact words. (5.34 minute onwards in the following video.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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#BiharElections2025<\/a> || PM Modi addresses a mega rally in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur.<\/p>\n

“Congress & RJD have insulted Chhathi Maiya for votes… Chhath Puja is a mere drama for the Oppn”- PM @NarendraModi<\/a> slams Mahagathbandhan#Nov14WithTimesNow<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/06OZOCDyQ4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The deputy chief minister of Bihar, Samrat Choudhary, shared a clip of Rahul Gandhi\u2019s speech and remarked that Gandhi had no regard for Bihar\u2019s culture and faith, alleging that Gandhi attributed Chhath Mahaparv as \u201cdrama\u201d. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Samrat Choudhary (@samrat4bjp) October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BJP supporter Raushan Sinha, who peddles misinformation and communal propaganda on a regular basis from his X handle, <\/span>@MrSinha_<\/span><\/a>, claimed that Rahul Gandhi had said “Chhath puja is a drama”. He added that Gandhi had begun the Bihar election campaign by \u201cabusing Hindus\u201d. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chhath puja is a drama – Rahul Gandhi<\/p>\n

He started his Bihar election campaign with abusing Hindus… pic.twitter.com\/PDEeFdMyV6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same claim was also made by X user Political Kida<\/a> (@PoliticalKida), who calls themselves \u201c<\/span>Lie Detector, Hypocrisy Slayer.” They wrote, \u201c<\/span>Rahul Gandhi just called Chhath Puja a drama\u201d. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Fact Check<\/h4>\n

We reviewed Rahul Gandhi\u2019s speech delivered on October 29, 2025, at Muzzafarpur and found that he did not use the word \u2018drama\u2019 for the deity Chhath or the rituals associated with her puja. Instead, he used the term \u2018drama\u2019 while criticizing PM Modi\u2019s performance of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the part of his pre-poll address that has gone viral, the Congress leader’s exact words<\/a> were: “Ek taraf Yamuna, jisme gannda pani, itna gannda ki koi piley, ya utar jaye toh bimar paad jaye. Aur ek taraf chotasa Modi ji ke liye talab. Dur dur se pipe se paani ata hai. Ek Hindustan, Modi ji wala Hindustan. <\/em><\/p>\n

Agar Modi ji ko drama karna hai\u2026 Chatth Puja ka drama karna hai, toh pani aa jayega, video camera aa jayenge. Saaf pani, aur usike 10 gaaj dur Hindustan ki sacchai. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ek taraf natak, Ambani Adani ka Hindustan, Narendra Modi ka drama, aur dusri taraf Hindustan ki sacchai, gannda pani aur bimari\u2026 TV pe wo pipe dikkh gaya, ki Narendra Modi ji nahane ayenge, Baki Hindustan gannde pani meh nahayega. Aur Narendra Modi ji k liye saaf pani ayega pipe meh, talab banaya jayega, aur Modi ji drama karenge. Yeh pure Hindustan neh dekha.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Translation:<\/strong> \u201cOn one side, there\u2019s the Yamuna \u2014 its water so filthy that if someone drinks it or even steps into it, they\u2019ll fall ill. And on the other side, there\u2019s a small pond made especially for Modi ji. Clean water is brought from far away through pipes. Thre is India and there is Modi ji\u2019s India.<\/p>\n

If Modi ji wants to put on a drama\u2026 if he wants to do a Chhath Puja drama<\/em>, then suddenly the water appears, the cameras appear. Clean water for Modi ji \u2014 and just ten yards away, the real India, with dirty water and disease.<\/p>\n

On one side, there\u2019s the performance \u2014 the India of Ambani, Adani, and Narendra Modi\u2019s drama. And on the other side, there\u2019s the truth of India \u2014 dirty water and suffering.\u00a0The whole country saw it on TV \u2014 that pipe through which clean water was being brought for Narendra Modi to bathe, while the rest of India bathes in polluted water. For Modi ji, a pond is built, clean water flows in through a pipe, and then Modi ji performs his drama. The entire country witnessed this.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is clear from a mere perusal of these lines that the word ‘drama’ referred to what Gandhi perceived as PM Modi’s performance of Chhatth Puja. Gandhi again mentioned the word, drama, later in his speech, but surely did not refer to Chhath Puja.<\/p>\n

At 59:18 seconds<\/a>, Gandhi again said, \u201cDrama bana rakha hai.. Ek taraf Modiji drama kar rahe hai, kehte hai, \u2018yeh dekho bhaiyya meh Yamuna ji meh nahaya hu.\u2019 Waha koi Yamuna ji nehi hai. Waha ye talaab hai. Narendra Modi ji apne swimming pool meh nahane gaye, apne talaab meh nahane gaye. Unko Yamuna se kuch lena dena nehi, unko Chhath puja se kuch lena dena nehi. Unhe sirf aapka vote chahiye.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Translation<\/strong>: \u201cIt\u2019s a drama\u2026 On one side, Modi ji performs a drama saying, \u2018Look, I\u2019m bathing in the Yamuna.\u2019 But in reality, there was no Yamuna there \u2014 it was a pond. Narendra Modi went to bathe in his own swimming pool, the pond. He has got nothing to do with the Yamuna or Chhath Puja. All he wants is your vote\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yOENYmgB5QU?si=pfI-9BnmsR2UHEL4&start=3287]<\/p>\n

The controversy arose with the reports<\/a> that the Prime Minister was to take a dip at Delhi’s Vasudev Ghat on October 28, to offer Chhath prayers. AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj did a video from the spot and accused the BJP<\/a> of creating a \u201cfake\u201d Yamuna by filling an artificial pool for Modi. In the end, however, he did not visit the site.<\/p>\n

To sum up, the claims by PM Modi and the BJP camp that Rahul Gandhi had called Chhath Puja a ‘drama’ is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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