Can't Digest PM Modi's Fame: BJP Hits Back At Rahul Gandhi's Remarks In US

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for insulting India on foreign soil by mocking the installation of 'Sengol' in the new Parliament.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur claimed that the Gandhi scion couldn't digest the praise and appreciation for PM Modi during his recent foreign visits.

"During his foreign visits, Rahul Gandhi insults India. PM Modi met almost 24 PMs and Presidents of the world and held over 50 meetings during his foreign visit recently and when the Australian PM said that 'PM Modi is the Boss', Rahul Gandhi could not digest this," Thakur was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Stepping up his attack, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonwalla called Rahul Gandhi an entitled dynast who mocked Tamil culture on foreign soil.

"Rahul Gandhi's family relegated the pious Sengol to a walking stick of Nehru. Now the entitled dynast Rahul mocks (Tamil culture in particular ) Indian culture on foreign soil after attacking Indian institutions by making the most distasteful comments on Sengol installation and the respect paid by PM Modi to Dandvat Pranam was also mocked by Rahul as "lying down" - Rahul perhaps cares little for the Indian way of showing respect..," Poonwalla tweeted.

He also took a dig at the DMK-led government in Tamil Nadu for boycotting the new inaugural ceremony of the new Parliament.

"No less than the DMK govt document spoke of Sengol history and relevance but those who love symbols of Gulaami cannot digest this.. in their hatred for BJP they attack Bharatiya symbols, way of life itself !! Does the DMK agree with Rahul on the Sengol installation being called a drama?", he said.

BJP's Tamil Nadu Chief K Annamalai also took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi saying to discuss real issues, the Gandhi scion must be in the country, "if not often, at least once in a while.

"You got Jallikattu banned, and now you mock the rituals for the Sceptre done by Saiva Adheenams from TN. What your party cast away as a walking stick is today reinstated to its rightful place, Thiru Rahul Gandhi," Annamalai tweeted.

What Rahul Gandhi said in US

Speaking at an event in Santa Clara, California on Tuesday, Gandhi accused PM Modi of evading responsibility for crucial issues such as unemployment, inflation, and the deteriorating state of education.

He alleged that instead of addressing these pressing concerns, the Prime Minister was preoccupied with ceremonial gestures like the recent inauguration of the new Parliament building.

''The BJP is threatening people and misusing government agencies. The Bharat Jodo Yatra started because all the instruments that we needed to connect with the people were controlled by the BJP-RSS. The government tried everything it could do to stop the (Bharat Jodo) Yatra, but its impact kept on increasing," said Congress leader in his address at University of California, Santa Cruz.