Javadekar mocks Rahul Gandhi for claiming victory
May 19, 2018 19:25
The Bharatiya Janata Party took on Rahul Gandhi's comments in the wake of BS Yeddyurappa's resignation as Karnataka chief minister on Saturday, calling some of the Congress president's statements "laughable" and "derogatory".
An alliance between the Congress and The Janata Dal-Secular is set to form the government in the state after the BJP leader's resignation ahead of a Supreme Court-ordered trust vote in the Karnataka assembly.
"This is the most opportunistic alliance you've seen," BJP spokesperson and Human Resource development minister minister Union minister Prakash Javadekar said at a press conference on Saturday. "Rahul Gandhi (Congress president) made derogatory remarks about HD Deve Gowda (JD-S chief), called it the B-team of BJP. Aren't they now the B team of Congress?"
Javadekar also said the Congress-JD-S alliance was not based on ideology and alleged there was a deal between the two parties to ignore each other's corruption.
He hit out at Gandhi for saying at a press conference that the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were subverting the institutions of the country. "It is the Congress that is subverting the judiciary and the Constitution."
"Rahul Gandhi claims the Congress has defeated the BJP is laughable, because the Congress has actually lost out. They have been reduced to 78 seats," Javadekar said.
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