Latest Congress Election Ad Is About…Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha election, the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have taken their fight now to social media platforms.
Continuing the trend, the Congress has now released a new ad taking a dig at the ‘Godi’ media. The video shows an ostensible spoof on Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami, who continuously showers praises on the ruling party while two politicians resembling Narendra Modi and Amit Shah seated aside.
The anchor in the video says that ‘the nation’ knows the direction given to the country by “saheb”, referring to PM Narendra Modi. He then says the prices of diesel and petrol have plunged so much that they are being used “instead of water” and a few pennies are enough to buy milk and vegetables.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) May 7, 2024
He further states that one wishing to travel abroad, to any country, now does not have to acquire a visa and only an Indian passport is required. The anchor then says that the value of the rupee has skyrocketed so much that a “rocket was used to bring it down”.
As the video reaches the end, the viewers can see the studio being removed, and in the frame, once the camera is zoomed out, the anchor is found sitting in the laps of two politicians. The anchor could be seen repeating, “mujhe bakshish do, mujhe bakshish do (give me a tip)” — much like Goswami’s “mujhe drugs do” segment – the politician duo hand him two lollipops.
The concluding voiceover of the video then states ‘Agar media Godi mein baithi rahi, na samvidhan rahega, na loktantra’ (if the media remains sitting on the lap, there will be neither constitution nor democracy)”.
Earlier, an ad released by the saffron party in which “Papa ne war rukwa di”, a woman tells her father that Prime Minister Narendra Modi purportedly stopped the Ukraine-Russia war, was widely trolled on social media.