‘Like a Blonde’: Cong Spokesperson’s Remark on PM Modi Draws Ire
“He has white hair. But he sounds more like a blonde,” Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha wrote on Twitter.
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Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha.
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Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha recently courted controversy on Twitter when he compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a "blonde", responding to which, several users called out his sexism and misogyny.
In a tweet indirectly referring to PM Modi, posted on Thursday, 28 March, Jha said, "He has white hair. But he sounds more like a blonde."
He soon faced a backlash, though he has not deleted his tweet yet.
A vocal critic of Modi, Jha had attacked Modi later again on Thursday, this time taking a dig saying Modi cannot do press conferences.
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