Daijiworld Media Network - Patna
Patna, Oct 28: Bihar Assembly elections are being held in three phases, with the first one concluding on October 28. The ruling National Democratic Alliance is working its best to wipe out the Opposition, with their prime target being Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday questioned Gandhi’s relevance in Indian politics and said that the latter does not possess a political stature anymore as nobody takes him seriously.
“Rahul Gandhi ki rajnitik aukat itni bhi nahi bachi hai, woh roz kuch na kuch ul jalool bolte hai. Nobody takes him seriously. He was the president of the Congress party. Is this how he should speak? This shows how desperate Congress is. When results will be out, you’ll see what is the condition of the party,” Prasad said during a press conference in Patna.
The retort by Ravi Shankar Prasad came following the comments made by Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday regarding the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being burnt instead of Raavan’s on Dussehra in Valmiki Nagar.
The senior BJP leader further said that the Congress leader "spread lies about Rafale, demotivated India’s armed forces, and his quotes were used by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the United Nations."
“If you watch Pakistan TV, Rahul Gandhi is visible a lot. This is his level,” the union minister said.
At the rally, the Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad hit had out at the PM Modi-led central government over the recently-introduced farm laws and said that effigies of industrialists and the Prime Minister were burnt instead of Raavan’s on Dussehra.
“It is sad, but it is happening, because farmers are upset, the youth are angry,” Rahul Gandhi had said.