The BJP has criticized Rahul Gandhi and the Congress after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor made fun of India from the platform of Pakistan. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Rahul Gandhi's name should be Rahul Lahori. In fact, Shashi Tharoor criticized the central government for preventing the Korana epidemic from that stage, the condition of Muslims, and the treatment of the citizens of the Northeast.
On Tharoor's statement, a BJP spokesperson asked, "What is Rahul contesting from Pakistan?"
The BJP spokesperson said that the way Congress leaders are degrading India on international forums, especially in Pakistan, it seems that Rahul Gandhi is considering contesting elections in Pakistan. For him, Shashi Tharoor has started a rally in Pakistan. He taunted that the BJP people would now call him Rahul Lahori.
Patra is said to have reacted to the remarks made at Tharoor's Virtual Lahore Literature Festival and also sought a response from Rahul. Patra did not stop here. He said that the Indian National Congress would soon become the Pakistan National Congress. Describing Tharoor as a close friend of Rahul, Patra accused him of bringing the country into disrepute. According to media reports, Tharoor said on Tabligi Jamaat, "We are also fighting bigotry and prejudice in India because of Kovid-19". There is no democratic country like India.