BJP uses 'rearview mirror' jibe to hit back at Cong on illegal mining
The Opposition BJP on Saturday used the Congress president Rahul Gandhi's "rearview mirror" expression, which he used to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to its full advantage.
The Opposition BJP on Saturday used the Congress president Rahul Gandhi's "rearview mirror" expression, which he used to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to its full advantage.
Calling out on the Congress' 'hypocrisy', BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa used Rahul's utterance to counter the grand old party's stance on corruption. Yeddyurappa, who took to twitter, asked Rahul if he could spot his own party leaders who, he said, were involved in "land, mining and rape" scandals.
Yeddyurappa tweeted, "@OfficeOfRG, did the #RearViewMirror help you spot Santosh Lad, Anand Singh & Venugopal seated behind you and remind you of the land, mining & 'rape scam' (still wondering what it means)? Are Objects in the mirror closer than they appear?"
Directing his next question to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Yeddyurappa asked him if he had developed "selective amnesia".
"@siddaramaiah, I would like to remind you about your Padayatre in 2013 about the mining sector. Now, inducting Anand Singh into your camp has only proved that you are a corrupt opportunist. Case of Selective Amnesia?" read the BJP leader's tweet.
Earlier in the day, Yeddyurappa had aped Siddaramaiah's derisiveness, in welcoming Rahul to Karnataka. When Modi was visiting Bengaluru on February 4, Siddaramaiah had welcomed the prime minister to the "No 1 state".
Yeddyurappa tweeted, "@OfficeOfRG, I welcome you to our great land of Karnataka. I wish that you ask your 10%CM on how the sorry state of affairs in Karnataka have left him unanswerable to the many questions I have asked." Yeddyurappa was referring to the 14 questions he has posed on twitter to Siddaramaiah, on various controversial subjects.
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