The war between Congress and BJP never cools down, but with Bihar Elections in visible sight, the clash has just gotten more direct. On late Friday night, BJP President JP Nadda decided to call Congress out for its 'Divide India' politics. He thrashed Congress MP P. Chidambaram for his remarks over restoring Article 370, while also throwing shade at Rahul Gandhi for praising Pakistan for it's COVID handling.
“The central government must stop looking at the mainstream parties and the people of J&K as secessionist or anti-national,” Chidambaram said in a tweet. Picking this, Nadda showed visible anger and tweeted a quoted this tweet with a reply.
Nadda goes all out on Congress in a Twitter war, quotes Chidambaram's Article 370 tweet and thrashes Rahul as well: Key Points
- "Since Congress has no good governance agenda to talk about, they are back to their 'Divide India' dirty tricks before Bihar elections. Shri Rahul Gandhi praises Pakistan and Shri Chidambaram says Congress wants Article 370 to return! Shameful!," Nadda tweeted.
- This counter-attack comes in the wake of the Congress seemingly handing over issues to the BJP on a platter, just ahead of the assembly election. Earlier, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, "The Congress also resolutely stands for the restoration of the status and rights of the people of J&K. The arbitrary and unconstitutional decisions of the Modi government of August 5, 2019, must be rescinded."
- Nadda's comment on 'praising Pakistan' was a reference to a tweet by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi where he posted a GDP growth chart saying, "Another solid achievement by the BJP government. Even Pakistan and Afghanistan handled Covid better than India."
- Both these issues are likely to be used by the BJP in the coming days against the Congress, during its campaign in the poll-bound state.
- The 243-member Bihar Assembly will go to the polls in three phases -- on October 28, November 3 and 7 -- and the results will be announced on November 10.
