The remarks of the CPP chairperson and the leader of the Opposition received severe backlash from the BJP with its national president J P Nadda leading a frontal attack, calling it “deeply disrespectful”.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will lead the party's campaign for February 5 Delhi assembly polls.
While Priyanka, who made her electoral debut, joins brother Rahul in the Lok Sabha, their mother Sonia is a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Voting for the seven Lok Sabha seats is scheduled to take place in the national capital on 25th May.
BJP's Rathore and Garasiya filed their nominations after getting a warm welcome at BJP Legislative Party Meeting in Vidhan Sabha lobby.
He had previously met Gandhi on Monday to discuss the political turmoil in Rajasthan. Venugopal's meeting with Gandhi came a day before the final date for filing nominations for the top post in the Congress party.
After the meeting, Kharge said that there should be discipline in the party and the party has to be kept united.
Both the leaders are arriving in Delhi to attend a rally to be held in Fatehabad district on the birth anniversary of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) founder late Chaudhary Devi Lal by INLD leader OP Chautala.
The timeline for the impending election for Congress President was published by Madhusudan Mistry, general secretary of the Congress, via an official announcement on Thursday.
In view of controversy surrounding Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'Rashtrapatni' remark, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said she was unnecessarily being dragged into the controversy.
