The Congress has hit back at the BJP after a video showing Rahul Gandhi 'partying' in Nepal's capital Kathmandu went viral on Tuesday.
The party's General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said Gandhi was in the city to attend a "private marriage function of a journalist friend."
"It has still not become a crime in this country to attend a marriage celebration. Maybe after today, BJP may decide it is illegal to attend a marriage & a crime to have friends," Surjewala added.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was seen in a viral video that seemingly has a discotheque as its background with people around him seen consuming liquor.
The 12-second footage has been shared by several BJP leaders including its IT cell head Amit Malviya.
Rahul Gandhi was at a nightclub when Mumbai was under seize. He is at a nightclub at a time when his party is exploding. He is consistent.
Interestingly, soon after the Congress refused to outsource their presidency, hit jobs have begun on their Prime Ministerial candidate... pic.twitter.com/dW9t07YkzC
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) May 3, 2022
Rahul Gandhi, who is in Kathmandu, reportedly attended the wedding of a friend a day ago, ANI reported.
According to a report in Kathmandu Post, Rahul Gandhi had landed in Nepal's capital city on Monday afternoon. The daily cited Bhim Udas, former Nepali ambassador to Myanmar, as saying that he had extended an invitation to Rahul Gandhi to attend the wedding of his daughter.
Udas' daughter Sumnima, a former CNN correspondent, is getting married to Nima Martin Sherpa, according to the Nepali publication.
Kathmandu Post report said that in August 2018, Rahul Gandhi had visited Kathmandu on his way to Kailash Mansarovar.
The viral video has come at a time when Congress is seen to be in deep leadership crisis, with the party's bid to onboard the poll strategist Prashant Kishor having failed.
Meanwhile, while taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday called him a "full-time tourist and a part-time politician, who is filled with hypocrisy".
"Pappu ji (Rahul Gandhi) is a full-time tourist and a part-time politician who is full of hypocrisy. After getting time from travelling, Rahul Gandhi fabricates fake stories and remarks and tries to mislead the people of this country," Naqvi told ANI.
He further added, "His remarks (Rahul Gandhi) misleads his own party members, not the people of this country. The situation will remain the same if he will walk on this path only."
With inputs from ANI
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May 03, 2022 at 01:41PM
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