RHETORIC OF A LOSER: NIRMALA

Senior BJP leader and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday brushed off the scathing series of accusations made by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, calling it the “rhetoric of a loser, devoid of substance”. “The Congress president and his party loses no opportunity to mock the Hindu religion and its rituals,” she said.

Senior BJP leader and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday brushed off the scathing series of accusations made by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, calling it the “rhetoric of a loser, devoid of substance”.

“The Congress president and his party loses no opportunity to mock the Hindu religion and its rituals. The story he narrated of some priest asking him for a wall of gold for the temple is an example. This is a party that has questioned the very existence of Shri Ram. I would only suggest that he not go to quack priests but genuine ones,” said Ms Sitharaman, soon after Mr Gandhi’s speech at the 84th Congress plenary.

Responding to the Congress president’s remarks on BJP chief Amit Shah, Ms Sitharaman said: “It is astonishing that the Congress president chooses to name the president of the BJP and says he is a murder accused. He has been cleared by a court. The charge does not hold, even though the charge was a complete conspiracy against him. It was a conspiracy based on fraud and you continue to say this.”