RKP Leader Hits Back at Rajbhar, Questions ‘Illiterate Public’ Remark

Pulkit Kumar Kashyap, a leader of the RKP party in Muzaffarnagar district, has hit back at Minister Omprakash Rajbhar over a recent statement and raised the question, “क्या आम जनता अनपढ़ है” (“Is the general public illiterate?”).

Kashyap said Rajbhar’s remarks appeared to describe the general public as illiterate. He questioned the way the minister had spoken about ordinary people and said that viewing the public in this manner was not appropriate.

The controversy follows a statement by Omprakash Rajbhar in which he said that it was an election of educated people, while the real election would be that of the general public.

Reacting to that statement, Pulkit Kumar Kashyap said Rajbhar’s words gave the impression that, according to him, the general public was uneducated. Kashyap used the remark to question the minister’s understanding of the people and the way they are being viewed.

His response has added a new political exchange to the issue. Following the counterattack, the political debate over Omprakash Rajbhar’s statement is likely to intensify.