New Delhi: The BJP today saw Congress president Sonia Gandhi's appeal, telecast through the major news channels last night, as an "expression of no-confidence'' in her son Rahul, and said disparagingly that the ruling party's new election slogan should be "Mein nahin Mom.''
"The idea was to change the principal communicator of the party from the son to the mother. This was an expression of lack of confidence in Mr Gandhi, in as much as his speeches to the people were not working,'' leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley wrote in his latest blog. (Full coverage: India Votes 2014)
Messages on paid television, the BJP leader argued, could not change the electoral agenda in the last minute. "Price rise, mismanagement of the economy, corruption, dilution of the office of the Prime Minister cannot be part of either Bhartiyata or Hindustaniyat,'' Mr Jaitley pointed out. (India Votes: Candidates | Schedule)
Mrs Gandhi, in her speech carried on the the main news channels as a paid-for ad, exhorted the voters to defeat the "divisive'' and "autocratic'' forces. The BJP, however, retaliated fast, contending that it betrayed the Congress' desperation over its fast-dipping prospects in the Lok Sabha polls.
"The only message that Mrs Gandhi's speech conveyed was that the Congress party's new slogan now was "Mein nahin Mom,'' Mr Jaitley said.
"The idea was to change the principal communicator of the party from the son to the mother. This was an expression of lack of confidence in Mr Gandhi, in as much as his speeches to the people were not working,'' leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley wrote in his latest blog. (Full coverage: India Votes 2014)
Mrs Gandhi, in her speech carried on the the main news channels as a paid-for ad, exhorted the voters to defeat the "divisive'' and "autocratic'' forces. The BJP, however, retaliated fast, contending that it betrayed the Congress' desperation over its fast-dipping prospects in the Lok Sabha polls.
Advertisement
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Theft At Official Residence Of Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh, Cash Stolen: Cops "Neither Tired Nor Retired": Bhupinder Hooda On Next Haryana Chief Minister Trinamool Vs Ex Women's Panel Chief Over Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder How Extreme Weather Is Leading To Rise In Child Marriages In Pakistan Mamata Banerjee's Sunday Ultimatum To CBI For Death Penalty In Rape-Murder "Prove With Pics Crime Scene Intact": Court To Bengal Over Hospital Vandalism GATE 2025 Information Brochure Out, Check Highlights Of Exam 4 Arrested In Chinese-linked Online Betting App Fraud Worth Rs 400 Crore Haryana To Vote On October 1 For State Elections, Counting On October 4 Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.