BJP calls Rahul Gandhi's comments on RSS an 'item number'

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Rahul Gandhi fro targeting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and alleged that an 'immature' Congress vice-president was performing an item number and entertaining his party's youth with such a childish remark.

"It is very immature of Rahul Gandhi to make comments on a nationalistic organization like the RSS. He is obviously performing an item number before his party youth and is trying to entertain them with such childish remark," BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao told ANI.

Speaking at an NSUI convention in the national capital earlier, Gandhi targeted the RSS for its influence over the BJP.

"Look at RSS cadres. They always stand in a straight line, and if anyone steps even a little out of line, they get caned. Discipline is an excuse for them, an excuse to kill individuality. Stop the government from allowing the RSS to interfere with governance," he said.

The Congress vice president also said that his party's greatest strength is to solve the most 'complex problems' and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to deliver on his promises during his first year in office.

"The Congress believes in discipline, but I have really understood the reality over the past 10 years. Earlier, I would wonder why there was no order, but now, I understand why. It is in the DNA of the Congress Party to listen to everyone. Others call it disorder, but this is the Congress Party's strength: it is in our DNA to solve the most complex of issues," Gandhi said.