New Delhi [India], October 13 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari backed party president JP Nadda in condemning Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his "terrorist party" remark against BJP, saying 'frustrated' Congress has understood that the people will not fall for their lies now.
Speaking to ANI on Sunday, BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said, "BJP National President has already clarified that Kharge Ji has become frustrated because their balloon of lie has burst in Haryana... Farmers, Dalits and women...have chosen PM Modi's development... Frustrated Congress has understood that the people will not fall for their lies now."
This statement came after BJP president JP Nadda in a self-made video termed Karge's statement as 'frustration and despair' and a reaction to party's 'continuous defeat'.
Union Minister Nadda said, "In the frustration and despair of continuous defeats, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is falling prey to ideological bankruptcies."
"When Congress was unable to compete with the policies and schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his leadership for the welfare of the poor and the principles of the nation first, then its entire leadership started abusing the BJP and Prime Minister Modi and defaming the country, "Union Minister Nadda said.
JP Nadda further said that the remarks by the Congress president show the party's desperation and ideological emptiness. "In response to Congress being called urban Naxal, Mallikarjun Kharge calling BJP a terrorist party shows Congress's desperation and ideological emptiness. It seems that the entire top leadership of Congress is in shock due to the irritation of its continuous defeat," Nadda added.
Pradeep Bhandari further said that Kharge's statement shows that Congress knows that it is going to lose the upcoming elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Maharashtra and Jharkhand is set to go to polls this year. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has not released the schedules yet.
On Saturday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge sharply rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that Congress is controlled by "Urban Naxals" and accused the BJP of being a party of terrorists responsible for lynching and heinous crimes against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and tribal.
Kharge said, "Progressive people are being called Urban Naxals... this is his (PM Modi's) habit. His party (BJP) itself is a terrorist party. They engage in lynching, assault people, urinate in the mouths of Scheduled Castes members, and rape tribal people. They also support those who commit these acts, and then they blame others."
Earlier, while addressing a rally in Jammu, Prime Minister Modi had said that the opposition party is completely under the control of "Urban Naxals" who use foreign infiltrators as "vote banks" and mock their own citizens. "Congress has never truly honoured the sacrifices of our brave soldiers. The party is hijacked by Urban Naxal sympathisers, who welcome foreign infiltrators as 'vote banks' while mocking the sufferings of our own citizens," PM Modi said.