Chunavi Hindu (lit. 'Hindu during elections') is a pejorative term coined and popularized by the Bhartiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad who believe to be the first person to use it in March 2019 during a press conference. In the conference, he called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a Chunavi Hindu for his visit to Wayanad.[1][2] The term was later widely used by various politicians[3] and social media users against the leaders and workers of the Congress and other political parties for their alleged religious gimmicks right before the elections.[4]
The term literally means a person or a group pretending to be a Hindu only at the time of elections in a bid to woo Hindu voters.[4]
References
- ↑ Apr 1, Abhay Singh / TNN /. "Ravi Shankar Prasad calls Rahul Gandhi a 'migratory Hindu' - Times of India". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "As per 2011 census only 49% of population of #Wayanad is Hindu and Rahul Gandhi finds it a safe seat". Twitter.
- ↑ Ranjan, Abhinav; News, India TV (10 March 2021). "'Chunavi Hindu': Giriraj Singh chides Mamata Banerjee for reciting Chandi Path". www.indiatvnews.com.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Staff, OpIndia (18 October 2021). "Congress leaders share cropped video to mock Aarti ritual by CM Yogi at Gorakhnath Temple". OpIndia.