Imran Masood Statement: Congress MP Imran Masood compared freedom fighter Bhagat Singh with the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. After this statement, a sharp controversy has arisen in the politics of the country.

The BJP has accused him of praising terrorist groups and insulting India’s freedom fighters.

Controversial statement given in podcast

During a podcast interview, Imran Masood was asked a question about the attacks on Israel on October 7 in 2023. During the conversation, when he was told that Hamas was a terrorist organization, Masood retorted and asked, ‘Was Bhagat Singh also a terrorist?’

When he was asked whether any comparison could be made between Bhagat Singh and Hamas, he replied ‘yes’ and said, ‘They are fighting for their land. Bhagat Singh was also fighting for his land.

‘Hamas is fighting for freedom’

Masood further said, ‘Bhagat Singh made the supreme sacrifice for his land. Israel is about to occupy. For you, Hamas is a terrorist organization, but I believe that Hamas is fighting for its freedom. You are looking at the 250 people taken hostage by them (Hamas), but you are not looking at the 100,000 people who have been killed by Israel.

BJP’s sharp counterattack

BJP has strongly attacked Congress on this statement of Imran Masood. Party’s national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala wrote on Twitter, ‘Boti boti Imran Masood compares Hamas with Bhagat Singh ji. This is an insult to all freedom fighters.

Boti Boti Imran Masood compares Hamas to Bhagat Singh ji

This is an insult of all freedom fighters

Left & Congress eulogise terror groups and undermine all our heroes to make Gandhis look great

Earlier Kanhaiya Kumar compared Bhagat Singh ji to Lalu Yadav!

This isn’t the… pic.twitter.com/egTxpGjfG6

— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) October 23, 2025

He further said, ‘Leftists and Congress people glorify terrorist groups to make the Gandhi family look great and belittle all our heroes. Earlier, Kanhaiya Kumar had compared Bhagat Singh ji with Lalu Yadav! This is not the first time! Congress has insulted Bhagat Singh ji before also! He had done the same with Chandrashekhar Azad ji, Savarkar ji, Patel ji, Birsa Munda ji.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav can be declared the face of the Chief Minister’s post in the press conference of the Grand Alliance in Patna. Regarding this, BJP has targeted Congress and said that the picture of their leader Rahul Gandhi is missing from the posters of the press conference.

There is only Tejashwi Yadav’s picture on the posters. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who has reached Patna to resolve differences between RJD and Congress during seat sharing talks, is likely to attend the press conference along with Tejashwi Yadav.

‘The honor of Rahul Gandhi and Congress was stolen’
BJP has taken a dig at the absence of Rahul Gandhi’s picture on the press conference poster. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala posted on Twitter and said, “Joint press conference? But only one picture. ‘Honor’ stolen from Rahul Gandhi and Congress. Showed Congress and Rahul their place?”

Joint PC? But only one picture

“Stolen the honor” of Rahul Gandhi and Congress.

Showed Congress & Rahul his place? pic.twitter.com/BTztFZgvOP

— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) October 23, 2025

Let us tell you that the term honor theft is based on Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote theft’ campaign, in which the Election Commission has been accused of large-scale electoral irregularities in collusion with the BJP. However, the Election Commission has rejected this allegation.

Poonawala’s claim regarding RJD-Congress
Poonawala also claimed that RJD has threatened Congress to make Tejashwi Yadav its face. He further said that RJD has given an intimidating threat to its ally party, saying that if it does not agree, it will make Congress’s seat zero. He said that Rahul’s manly bravery is something else altogether, if the alliance partners are threatened, then imagine what will happen to the public.

Discord in RJD-Congress seat sharing!
The seat sharing between RJD and Congress came to a halt when both the parties remained adamant on contesting elections on some seats. Congress demanded to contest elections on more seats. Due to this, both the parties announced their candidates on some seats. Such friendly contests can lead to division of opposition votes and benefit BJP-JDU candidates. Gehlot has been sent to Patna by Congress only to deal with this crisis.

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Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishore announced on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) that he will not contest the Bihar Assembly elections. After this, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United (JDU) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) took a dig at Prashant Kishor and said that he has understood that the situation is not in his favor.

RJD said that Kishor has accepted his party’s defeat without even contesting, while BJP claimed that Prashant Kishor realized that he would not be able to win the election.

Getting less than 150 seats will be considered a defeat for the party – Prashant Kishore

Prashant Kishore has said in a special interview to PTI that he will not contest the elections. He claimed that this decision has been taken in the larger interest of the party. Kishore said that getting less than 150 seats would be considered a defeat for his party.

Politics is not as easy as giving advice – Tiwari

Responding to PK’s statement, RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari claimed, ‘Kishor has understood that he and his party will have to face a crushing defeat in the upcoming assembly elections. For this reason he has announced not to contest the elections. He has accepted the defeat of Jan Suraj Party without even entering the field. He said, ‘Kishore should understand that politics is not as easy as giving advice to any party. His tire has been punctured.

BJP-JDU targeted Prashant Kishore

JDU spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said, ‘Prashant Kishore’s balloon burst even before the elections. By announcing not to contest the elections, he has accepted his and his party’s defeat. He will have to face a shameful defeat in the elections.

JD(U) state unit chief spokesperson and Legislative Council member Neeraj Kumar said that Kishor’s decision is insulting to his party workers. He said, ‘He ran away even before entering the electoral fray. Earlier he used to say that he had undertaken padyatras to understand the problems of the people. Now what happened? His decision is a deep blow to his workers.

NDA Will form government in Bihar with overwhelming majority – Shehzad Poonawala

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said, ‘Prashant Kishor is a very intelligent businessman and he also has a lot of experience in running election campaigns.’ He said, ‘Perhaps as a businessman and former election strategist, he has understood that the ground conditions are not favorable for him or his party and if he loses this election, then no one will care about his business in future.’

Poonawala said, ‘Perhaps seeing this, he has decided that NDA is once again going to form the government with an overwhelming majority, hence he has taken himself out of the election race.’

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