‘Loktantar Nahi, Loktantra…’: BJP Mocks Congress Over Democracy Spelling Blunder In Poster | Politics News

Last Updated:July 24, 2025, 14:14 IST

The poster that Congress used during the protest. (ANI)

The BJP found fresh ammunition on Thursday to take a swipe at the Congress, this time over a spelling error in a protest placard. As language wars continue to flare across Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, the ruling party seized on a gaffe during an opposition protest in Parliament.

Members of the INDIA bloc were seen holding up posters criticising the state of democracy. But the word “loktantra” (democracy) was mistakenly written as “loktantar,” drawing quick ridicule from BJP leaders.

लोकतंत्र होता है, ‘लोकतंत् र’ नहीं। 🤦‍♂️— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 24, 2025

“Loktantra hota hai, loktantar nahi,” BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya wrote on X, highlighting the blunder with a pointed jab.

Images of the misspelt placard quickly went viral, with BJP supporters amplifying the error. The Congress has yet to issue a response, while some opposition MPs admitted they hadn’t noticed the mistake at the time.

Opposition MPs displayed posters and placards during a protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi also took part in the demonstration, lending her support to the Opposition’s stand.

Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in Parliament House complex on Thursday against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar and demanded its rollback as well as a discussion on the issue in both houses.

Ahead of the start of the day’s proceedings, top leaders and MPs of the opposition, including those of the Congress, DMK, TMC, Samajwadi Party, JMM, RJD and Left parties, assembled outside the Makar Dwar of Parliament and raised slogans against the government and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls Top leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Congress general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K C Venugopal, Samajwadi Party’s Ziaur Rahman Barq, TMC’s Kirti Azad, DMK’s A Raja, besides others, raised slogans like “Save democracy” and “Stop vote-bandi”.

There was a huge banner in front of them which read ‘SIR- Loktantra par Vaar’ as they lined up on the steps of the Makar Dwar of Parliament and staged a protest for the third consecutive day.

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