BJP calls Congress 'mafia gang', slams Kharge over remark on PM Modi's late father

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit back at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his remark, "Modi ka baap bhi jayega" (Even Modi’s father will go), accusing the opposition party of using the language of "goons and hooligans" and likening its functioning to that of a "mafia gang".

Reacting to Kharge's remark, the BJP said, "A language once associated with goons and hooligans is now being used by the Congress president. Out of frustration, their ‘Yuvraj’ sometimes misbehaves with women police personnel on the streets and at other times gets into scuffles with his own party leaders."

The BJP further alleged that the Congress' style of functioning had taken on the characteristics of a mafia, adding that it appeared more like a "mafia gang" than a political party.

Taking a swipe



at the Congress leadership, the BJP said the party’s former president had spent 10 years trying to fulfil the political ambition reflected in Kharge's statement but was eventually voted out of power.

"Their entire style of functioning has taken on the characteristics of a mafia. They appear more like a mafia gang than a political party. Congress's then president tried every trick for 10 years to fulfil the dream reflected in Kharge ji's statement, but the party was voted out of power," the BJP said.

"Today, her son is pursuing the same dream, wandering from one place to another, sometimes in Vietnam and sometimes in Colombia," the BJP said, in an apparent reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

"The people of this country will never allow you to fulfil this dream," the party added.