‘BJP washing machine is legal now’, FM Sitharaman faces backlash over ‘BJP welcomes everybody’ remark

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was heavily criticized by social media users over her statement saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomes everyone, even the political leaders with tainted images..

Since being posted, netizens have been outraged over Sitharaman's statement on new leaders joining the saffron party..

The BJP washing machine jibe went viral on the internet after Congress displayed a machine on its press conference dais and taunted the BJP over the CBI filing a closure report in a 2017 corruption case against NCP leader Praful Patel..

The ruling party's fully automatic washing machine works on one principle join BJP, case closed," Congress said while raising the issue of political leaders with corruption charges joining or aligning with the BJP..

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the BJP for welcoming former minister and MLA Gali Janardhan Reddy, accused of 35,000 crore scam, back into the party..

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