Sanjay Nirupam is infamous for his cheap and derogatory remarks against the political opponents of the Congress party. Currently, he is the President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee. Basically, he is a small-time Congress leader who has risen to the ranks by making controversial and malicious statements. Rumor mongering and crass comments are his forte and he makes good use of them to stay in the headlines whenever needed. It shows the culture of the Congress and what kind of leaders they nurture and promote.
Sanjay Nirupam is in the news again, this time for making nasty statement against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Wednesday, he called PM Modi an “unpadh-gawaar” (illiterate). He made these uncivilized remarks in reaction to the screening of a short film on PM Modi, ‘Chalo jeete hain,’ in the schools of Mumbai.
Nirupam said, “Jo bachhe school, college mein padh rahe hain woh Modi jaise unpadh-gawaar ke baare mein jaan kar unko kya milne wala hai? Yeh bahut sharmnaak baat hai ki aaj tak humare desh ke nagrik aur bacchhon ko pata hi nahi hai ki PM ki degree kitni hai. (What will the children studying in schools, colleges gain by learning about an illiterate like Modi? It is a shameful thing that the country’s citizens and children still do not know how many degrees the PM has),” news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
The remarks against PM Modi fits the pattern of behavior of Sanjay Nirupam. In the past also he has made many disrespectful remarks against the respected people. After the Karnataka assembly election results, he had equated Governor of Karnataka to a dog. Such comparison raises a serious question about his upbringing.
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Sanjay Nirupam is a habitual offender. In 2012, Sanjay Nirupam has used foul language against Smriti Irani– a self-made woman who rose to the top in not one but two walks of life. He had passed vituperative remarks against Smriti Irani during a debate on a news channel. He said, “You used to charge money to perform dance shows on television, and now you have become an election analyst.” Following his disrespectful remarks against her, she filed a defamation case against Sanjay Nirupam. Smriti Irani further alleged that Nirupam again did mud-slinging against her in the court by saying “iss aurat ko Supreme Court jaane ka shauk hai” (this lady is fond of going to Supreme Court). Smriti Irani has always been the target of misogynistic culture of Congress.
There are countless times when Sanjay Nirupam has crossed the line of decency and has made vulgar and crass comments in the past against BJP leaders to get media attention. Sanjay Nirupam lost the 2014 Lok Sabha elections by a record margin of 4.5 lakh votes which showed the distrust people from his constituency had for him after his 5 year stint as an MP. Sanjay has worked in the media for a significant amount of time and he uses the skills picked up there to maximum effect in order to sensationalize issues so as to stay relevant in politics. More than Sanjay Nirupam, crass and moronic statements like the ones he repeatedly makes are a reflection of his party’s mentality and DNA.