Even Congress doesn't understand what he says: Gadkari on Rahul

October 31, 2017 22:11

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, saying that even Congress leaders and workers find it difficult to understand what their party vice president says.

Gadkari, who was in Himachal Pradesh to campaign for the BJP ahead of the November 9 Assembly election in the state, also attacked the Nehru-Gandhi family over their "failure" to eradicate poverty and corruption.

The minister for road transport and highways alleged that all the Nehru-Gandhi family alleviated was the poverty of the party leaders and their families.

Attacking the Congress over dynastic politics, Gadkari asked, "Are we going to have a prime minister given birth by another prime minister. Would an MP give birth to an MP, an MLA give birth to an MLA?"

"The Congress promotes dynasty. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and now Rahul Gandhi is at the frontline, then what would the party workers do?" Gadkari said while addressing a poll rally at Bhadoli Kalan area of the Jhanduta Assembly constituency where BJP candidate Jeetram Katwal is in the fray.

He said that the Congress party cannot change the fortune of the nation and the BJP should be given a chance in Himachal Pradesh.

"Being someone's son is not a disqualification but at least he should prove his capabilities," Gadkari said, in a veiled reference to Rahul Gandhi.

"Even Congress leaders and workers don't understand what Rahul Gandhi says, not to speak of the public," he said. -- PTI

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