"How Have Dogs Harmed BJP?": Rahul Gandhi Responds To Viral Puppy Video

Several BJP leaders, including Himanta Biswa Sarma and Amit Malviya, targeted the Congress MP over the viral video

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has responded to the row over a viral video in which he is seen feeding biscuits to a puppy during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Jharkhand. The video showed Mr Gandhi petting a puppy and then feeding it biscuits. At one point, the puppy refuses to eat and Mr Gandhi then gives the biscuits to a supporter speaking to him. The BJP had targeted the Congress leader over the video, alleging that he treats his supporters like dogs. #WATCH | On the viral video of him feeding a dog during the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "...I called the dog and the owner. The dog was nervous, shivering and when I tried to feed it, the dog got scared. So I gave biscuits to the dog's owner and… pic.twitter.com/QhO6QvfyNB Pallavi ji, not only Rahul Gandhi but the entire family could not make me eat that biscuit. I am a proud Assamese and Indian . I refused to eat and resign from the Congress. https://t.co/ywumO3iuBr

Mr Gandhi has now said that the man in the video is actually the dog's owner. "The dog was nervous, shivering and when I tried to feed it, it got scared. So I gave biscuits to the dog's owner and the dog ate them from his hand. I don't understand what's the issue," he said during a media interaction, a video of which was shared by news agency ANI.

Asked about the BJP's allegations that claimed that the man in the video was a Congress worker, he replied, "No, he was not a Congress worker. I don't understand the BJP's obsession with dogs. How have dogs harmed them?"