Opposition hit out at the government, alleging that the minister's post on ‘gobi farming’ allegedly referenced the 1989 Bhagalpur riots.

A picture of cauliflowers in the ground and a four-word caption referencing Bihar - a recent tweet by BJP leader and Assam cabinet minister Ashok Singhal has sparked a massive controversy online.

“Bihar approves Gobi farming ✅,” Ashok Singhal wrote in an X post with an image of a cauliflower farm, on Friday afternoon, just when the ruling NDA in Bihar was looking poised to return to power in the state, with a massive majority in the Assembly elections.

The post later drew big backlash from the Opposition, and even some other social media users.

Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi, Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale , and Congress leader Gaurav Gog

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