Bengaluru: After the recent ‘uncivil’ tweet by the Karnataka Congress brigade about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the state Congress chief DK Shivakumar expressed his regret for his party’s tweet. But, the party has hit back at the BJP after Shivakumar’s counterpart leveled drug use allegations against Kerala MP Rahul Gandhi.
Schooling BJP to be more civil and polite, Mr Shivakumar reminded the BJP that he had apologized for his party’s unfortunate tweet – which he attributed to a ‘novice social media manager’ – and called on the ruling party to reciprocate.
"Yesterday I said I believe we should be civil and respectful in politics, even to our opponents. I hope the BJP agrees with me, and will apologise for their state president's abusive and unparliamentary remarks against Rahul Gandhi," Mr Shivakumar said Wednesday morning.
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This comes a day after Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel attacked Mr Gandhi, calling him "a drug addict", and claiming "it (proof of his allegations) has appeared in news reports".
He also took a swipe at the Congress' leadership issues - spotlighted this week during a meeting of the CWC, at which Mr Gandhi reportedly said he would consider returning as party boss.
"Your G-23 says Sonia Gandhi is not president. Sonia Gandhi says she is president. On the other hand, Rahul Gandhi says he will become president. Tell me what is Rahul Gandhi? Rahul Gandhi is a drug addict and drug peddler... I'm not saying this, it has appeared in news reports," Mr Kateel said.
Continuing to disregard the Congress' apology for its tweet, he then slammed the party for "the lowest standard of politics", while declaring "the people of India love Prime Minister Modi".
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