Ashok Chavan On Rahul Gandhi's "Weeping Senior Leader Who Quit" Comment
NDTV
On Sunday Rahul Gandhi concluded the Congress' pan-India yatra with sharp barbs at his rivals and also struck a sympathetic note for an unnamed friend-turned-foe many saw as Mr Chavan.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan said Monday he was not the "senior leader... who left the Congress... weeping" that Rahul Gandhi referred to at a 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' event in Mumbai.
On Sunday Rahul Gandhi - set to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Wayanad in Kerala and, most probably, the party stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh - concluded the Congress' pan-India yatra with sharp barbs at his rivals and an unnamed friend-turned-foe, who many saw as Mr Chavan.
Mr Gandhi suggested that a "senior leader" had moved to the BJP to evade scrutiny by probe agencies, repeating charges by the opposition - that the ruling party uses the Enforcement Directorate, the Income Tax Department, and others to intimidate rival politicians, particularly before elections.
