Congress leader and social media head Divya Spandana once again triggered a social media storm with a controversial tweet, this time targeting an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The actor-turned-politician took a dig at a photo of PM Modi standing next to the Statue of Unity, which was unveiled on Wednesday, 31 October, with the comment, “Is that bird dropping?”
The BJP reacted sharply, saying the "values of the Congress are dropping" and targeted party president Rahul Gandhi.
Meanwhile, Congress sources told NDTV that the party did not approve of the language used by Spandana against PM Modi.
“This is nothing but language of arrogance from the Congress party for the normal Indian who, with his sheer hard work, became the prime minister of the country,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, as per PTI.
Spandana, however, remained unfazed by her party's disapproval. She later tweeted, "My views are mine. I don't give two hoots about yours."
She also engaged in Twitter spats with several journalists over her controversial tweet.
This is not the first time that Spandana has landed in a controversy over her tweets. Earlier this year, the Congress leader was booked by police in Uttar Pradesh for tweeting a doctored photograph of PM Modi, with the word “chor” painted on his wax statue, with hashtag “Chor PM Chup Hai”.
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