No Cong MP in 1,500km train journey: BJP neta

Mumbai, May 24: A BJP legislator from Gujarat on Thursday mocked the largest party in Opposition, the Congress, for losing territory after territory against the ruling government.

After the size of the BJP’s massive victory became apparent, party MLA Harsh Sanghavi took to Twitter and posted, “If you catch a train at Churchgate station and travel towards North... The first Congress MP you will find is in Punjab.”

The tweet received thousands of ‘likes’ and was retweeted as many times for painting a picture of what India's map looks like for the Congress.

In a reply to the post, a Twitter user, Vedang Chauhan, wrote, “Congressmukt Central line and Western line”, a reference to the two main suburban railway lines in Mumbai, where the Congress did poorly.

“Is there any Congress MP left in the route of the bullet train from Ahmedabad to Mumbai?” asked another Twitter user, Mr Manish Agarwal. The reference was to a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Churchgate is located in south Mumbai, from where Mr Arvind Ganpat Sawant of the BJP;s cantankerous ally Shiv Sena won. The alliance took 41 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.

Mr Sanghavi referred to the three states — Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana — where the Congress drew a blank in the seven-phase national election that his hypothetical train would be passing through as it chugs across the picturesque plains in the west coast towards

North India.

The Congress won eight of the 13 seats in Punjab, which is about 1,500 km away from Churchgate, and that would be the first state on this train's route where a person would see the Congress parliamentarian.

The BJP leader on his Twitter profile has mentioned that he's a “proud Indian dedicated to serve the society and public welfare”.

– PTI

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“Is there any congress MP left in the route of bullet train from Ahmedabad to Mumbai,” asked a Twitter user Manish Agarwal