BJP leader Vijayvargiya in fresh controversy, compares Shatrughan Sinha to a dog

New DelhiSenior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya today likened sulking Bihar party MP Shatrughan Sinha to a dog as he landed himself in another controversy barely 24 hours after the partyled NDA was humiliated in Bihar Assembly pollsThe dog analogy was used by Vijayvargiya a BJP GeneralSecretary and a party strategist for Bihar Assembly pollsdays after he was forced to withdraw his controversial tweetstargeting Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh KhanKailash VijayvargiyaVijayvargiya was asked to comment on Sinhas remarksthat the poll outcome could have been different had he beenprojected as the chief ministerial candidate and that thoseresponsible for NDAs defeat should be taught a lessonJab gaadi chalti haikutta niche chalta hai Kutta samajhta hai gaadi mere bharose chal rahi hai Vijayvargiya told ANIWhen a car moves a dog moves under it too the dogbelieves that the car is moving because of me This party isnot dependable on one person its a whole organisation andtheres a big hierarchy here Those who are out of it were ona Maun Vrat and now they are speaking Vijayvargiya aformer minister in Madhya Pradesh saidThe dog analogy was being used by a BJP leader for thesecond time in recent weeks after Union Minister V K Singhdid so over the Dalit burning incident in FaridabadVijayvargiya said Sinhas identity in politics isbecause of the BJP and he alone should decide on his loyaltyto the partyShatrughan Sinhas identity in politics is because ofthe BJP and BJPs identity is not because of him How muchloyal he should be towards the party should be decided by himCausing loss to the party even when youve taken so much fromthe party that is for him to decide I disagree with hisbehaviour he saidVijayvargiya went on to say that a person is assessed byhow he or she behaves during a victory or lossIts the partys honest workers who did their hardworkwinning and losing happens in a democracy but a person isidentified by their behaviour after winning or losingEverbodys character is coming to light whether it isShatrughan Sinha or anybody else he addedSinha who has been severely critical of BJP leadershipparticularly those in the Bihar unit after he was left out ofthe campaign for the Assembly polls said he was deliberatelysidelinedI am not bragging but I do feel that when the darlinglaadla of Bihar people the dhartiputra son of the soiland the original Bihari babu was deliberately sidelined itdefinitely had an impact on my supporters and fansI cant say how much difference it could have been butI can definitely say some difference would have been thereWe could have definitely got more seats than what we got hesaid The NDA got just 58 seats in a House of 243Vijayvargiya had dubbed Shah Rukh as antinationalistfor his extreme intolerance commentShah Rukh lives in India but his soul is in PakistanHis films make crores here but he thinks India to beintolerant Vijayvargiya said in a series of tweets amidmounting concerns over the climate of intoleranceIf this is not antinationalist then what is ithe said The BJP leader later withdrew his tweets after comingunder fireUnion Minister V K Singh had kicked up a huge politicalrow when he tried to shield the NDA government from blame inthe Faridabad Dalit burning incident saying the governmentcannot be held responsible if somebody stones a dog He latermade a qualified apology for his remarks