In the latest attack on Rahul Gandhi, BJP union minister Smriti Irani took a dig and said that he hugs Modi but runs away from Income Tax department. This comment was regarding the Delhi High Court's judgement regarding the ongoing case.

Union Minister Smriti Irani attacked the Congress and the Gandhi family, citing Monday's Delhi High Court verdict that dismissed the pleas of Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi against the Income Tax notice seeking tax reassessment for the financial year 2011-2012 and comments made by former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.