Rahul Gandhi in competition with Asaduddin Owaisi to usurp Jinnah's legacy: BJP

The BJP on Tuesday described Congress president Rahul Gandhis tweet that he stands with the last person in line as a confession of his reported remarks that his party is for MuslimsBJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters that Gandhi has not denied the comments seized by the saffron party to accuse him of Muslim appeasement and claimed that the Congress leader is in competition with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to usurp the legacy of Pakistan founder M A JinnahHe Gandhi has still not denied it We could not see a negation of what Rahul Gandhi has said It is a confession He has clearly accepted it through his tweet that the Congress is a party for Muslims Patra saidThe tweet has confused rather than clarified he told reportersPatra was reacting after Gandhi tweeted that he stands with the persecuted and the last person in the line breaking his silence on the controversy following a remark on the Congress being a party for Muslims attributed to himThe BJP leader claimed that the Congress chose to send out a message as part of its deliberate conspiracy and leaked the information about Gandhis meeting with Muslim intellectualsWhile Congress leaders claimed that their party would send a notice to the Urdu paper which first carried the report they never did so and the partys minority departments head Nadeem Javed asserted in an interview to the same daily that Gandhi had indeed made those comments Patra saidHe also referred to Owaisis alleged comments over lack of representation of Muslims in the Army and said even an institution like this has become a matter of the AIMIM leaders divisive agenda He said Congress leader Veerappa Moily had also spoken on similar linesThere is a sense of competition between Rahul Gandhi and Owaisi as to who would usurp the ideology of Jinnah he allegedAn attempt to carry out a religion census of Army was made during the UPA he saidSonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi and Owaisi have been trying to divide the country with their Jinnahwadi ideology but it will not succeed he saidTaking a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his tweet that he seeks out those in pain and embrace them and loves all living beings and that he is the Congress Patra said it was like the statement that Indira is India and India is IndiraThe Congress only cheated the last man in the line during its rule of many decades he said adding that it is Deen Dayal Upadhyay a key BJP ideologue who spoke about antodyaya the rise of the last man in the lineThe Modi government with its vision of sabka saath sabka vikas has been working in line with this ideology and benefitting all Indians with its development measures he saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever