'Was Genuinely Confused': Congress' Pawan Khera on Backfoot for Calling PM as Narendra 'Gautam Das' Modi

Pawan Khera Trolled: Paan Khera had earlier said that if AB Vajpayee could form a JPC then what is the problem with Narendra 'Gautam Das' Modi? However, after making the statement, Khera asked those present around him whether he had got the Prime Minister's middle name correct.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and party spokesperson Pawan Khera has issued a clarification after being trolled and mocked for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi while not even knowing the latter’s full name. Khera has become a laughing stock on Twitter for referring to the Prime Minister as Narendra 'Gautam Das' Modi while addressing a press briefing on the Adani-Hindenburg row on February 17.

The Congress spokesperson took to Twitter and clarified that he was “genuinely confused” about the PM's middle name.

I genuinely got confused whether it is Damodardas or Gautam Das…. https://t.co/ugLYnLiAYw

— Pawan Khera (@Pawankhera) February 17, 2023

While speaking to reporters, Khera had said that if Atal Bihari Vajpayee could form a JPC then what is the problem with Narendra 'Gautam Das' Modi? However, after making the statement, Khera asked those present around him whether he had got the Prime Minister's middle name correct.

"What problem does Narendra Gautam Das Modi have?," he says later asking, "Is it Gautam Das or Damodar Das?". KheraHe then laughs and takes a jibe saying even though the name is Damodar Das, his actions are similar to Gautam Das.

However, continuing his attack on the Narendra Modi government, Khera on Monday the ED that the "decency of Congress should not be considered as weakness" in view of raids on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh.

Addressing a press conference Monday along with Jairam Ramesh, Congress Media department chairman Pawan Khera said, "We also have governments in some states, some of the governments are going to be formed in states and the season is changing... 2024 is also approaching."

"I want to give one suggestion to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, who have become tools in the hands of the government, that time changes fast." Warning the officials and the BJP, Khera said, "We have governments in states... we can also do something, but our decency should be considered as ornaments, not weakness." Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that the party will not be cowed down by these tactics and the plenary will go on as per schedule.

Three days ahead of the Congress plenary session in Raipur, the ED on Monday was conducting raids at multiple locations across Chhattisgarh in connection with the coal mining case. A source said that all the locations belong to the various Congress leaders. "Premises belonging to state party treasurers Ram Gopal Aggarwal, state PRO R.P. Singh, labour committee President Sushil Sunny Aggarwal are being raided," the source said. 

Pwana Khera Being Trolled on Twitter

Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera insults Father of PM Modi during a Press conference.#CongressMuktBharat pic.twitter.com/mdQTw9WGoy

— Hasna Zaroori Hai (@HasnaZarooriHai) February 20, 2023

A shameless Congress leader Pawan Khera insults late father of Prime Minister Modi Ji during a Press conference..... pic.twitter.com/rCWFLBKgDh

— Sunny Kavalakat (@SKavalakat) February 20, 2023

Is it Pawan Khera or Pawan Soros? https://t.co/JVmd9cFpUF

— saket साकेत ಸಾಕೇತ್  (@saket71) February 17, 2023

If you are his rival then counter him point wise.
Why to insult his deceased father?

Pawan Khera is a gutter mouth. pic.twitter.com/ALACTzIoC2

— Hindu Trump (Hindu Parody of Trump) (@THEHINDUTRUMP) February 20, 2023

Political jobless,
Pawan Khera for 53 years doing Tapasya for a “Congress Ticket”….ignored many time, again and again, in frustration slandering PM @narendramodi ji’s father to satisfy his boss. They forgot the “Chaiwala” jab, which cost them very dearly
pic.twitter.com/UE9MNJYQrh

— Oxomiya Jiyori (@SouleFacts) February 20, 2023

पवन खेड़ा #PawanKhera pic.twitter.com/1mtuxEY4He

— राजेश "हिंदुस्थानी" (@rjs32826722) February 20, 2023