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Is it a crime for someone to go see his grandmother? Congress lashes out at BJP leadership

The Congress President had left for Italy on Friday

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The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP for its attack on party president Rahul Gandhi, who had left for Italy to spend time with his grandmother.

During the press conference, BJP President Amit Shah joked that Rahul Gandhi may have gone to Italy to cast his vote for the upcoming elections in the European nation.

Earlier, union minister Giriraj Singh, "Rahul Gandhi is a master election strategist… he knows when to run away from India now," he tweeted.

The Congress president had left for Italy on March 1 to be with his 93-year-old grandmother.

Singh during a press conference added, “"He is not a natural leader. He is a leader of circumstances. A leader does not leave his people in such times. He is a non-serious president of the Congress party.”

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma also hit out at the Congress President. "If BJP chief Amit Shah is a student of post graduation then Congress President Rahul Gandhi is still in nursery class," he said while comparing the two leaders' capability in politics.

Sarma was in the Congress for nearly two decades and a minister in the then Tarun Gogoi-led Congress governments for nearly 15 years before joining the BJP in 2015.

However, the statements made by the BJP leaders have not gone down well with the Congress top-brass. Speaking to ANI, Congress leader Ahmed Patel said, “Absolutely baseless, is it a crime for someone to visit his own grandmother? It has become a profession for him to make unnecessary comments,” he said.

Despite going neck-and-neck in Meghalaya, Patel also claimed that the Congress had a clear majority in the state. DNA has also learnt that the Congress is approaching possible alliances in the state.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Kamal Nath said that the people of Tripura will come to understand gradually the factors that brought them to power.

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