Bhubaneswar, Feb 8: Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday slammed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after the latter claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born into an Other Backward Class (OBC) community.

"Like every time, another lie of Rahul Gandhi was exposed. Either Rahul Gandhi is really ignorant or he feels that by telling lies repeatedly, lies are accepted as truth. Rahul Gandhi should first do justice to himself, if he will spread and sell lies like this every day, then the day is not far when he will be limited to only humour, satire and entertainment," Pradhan posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

हर बार की तरह, @RahulGandhi का एक और झूठ उजागर हो गया।

या तो राहुल गांधी सच में नासमझ हैं या फिर उन्हें लगता है कि बार-बार झूठ बोलने से झूठ को ही सच मान लिया जाता है। राहुल गांधी जी पहले अपने आप के साथ न्याय कर लें, इस तरह हर दिन झूठ बोएंगे और बेचेंगे तो वह दिन दूर नहीं है जब… https://t.co/rf7acqauNT
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) February 8, 2024

The Union Minister's remark came hours after the Gandhi scion alleged that PM Modi lied about his caste while addressing a public event during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Odisha's Jharsuguda.

"PM Modi was not born into an OBC family. He was born in the Teli caste, which was included in the OBC list during the BJP government's tenure in Gujarat in the year 2000," Gandhi alleged.

The Congress MP also alleged that the Prime Minister does not shake hands with OBCs, but “hugs billionaires".

Meanwhile, the Odisha leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra ended this afternoon before going on a two-day break from February 9-10. The yatra will again resume on February 11 from Chhattisgarh, sources said.

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