Madan Rathore Hands Out Toffees to Taunt Rahul Gandhi’s Modi Jibe

Jaipur, May 21. Rajasthan BJP chief Madan Rathore turned a protest rally into a theatrical rebuke of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi by personally distributing Melody toffees to workers gathered at the party’s state headquarters. The demonstration was triggered by Gandhi’s recent remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, which the BJP has condemned as insulting and juvenile. Rathore seized the moment to ridicule the opposition leader’s alleged reference to “Melody toffee,” portraying it as evidence of political panic and an inability to grasp Modi’s foreign-policy achievements. He described Gandhi as mentally undeveloped and unfit for national leadership, arguing that such comments damage Congress’s credibility far more than they hurt the ruling party. After slogans and a march to Chaumun House Circle, activists set fire to an effigy of Gandhi. Rathore also dismissed Congress protests over the NEET paper leak, insisting the BJP government had no role and that the National Testing Agency had responded promptly. He contrasted Modi’s focus on development and diplomacy with the opposition’s reliance on cheap rhetoric, warning that repeated immature statements were driving Congress toward electoral irrelevance. The event underscored the BJP’s tactic of blending humor and symbolism to expose perceived weaknesses in the opposition’s narrative.