Congress, BJP spar on Twitter over Rahul’s train journey

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to grain markets in Punjab on train has triggered a war of words on Twitter between the party’s state leaders and BJP in Chandigarh.

BJP leader and Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij had taken to the microblogging site on April 29 to say that Mr. Rahul on a train looked like “a child had run away from his home".

“After looking at the pictures of Rahul Gandhi sitting in a train like a terrified and scared child, which appeared in newspapers, it appears like a child had run away from his home,” he said in a tweet.

Taking strong note of Mr. Vij’s comment, senior Congress leader Ajay Singh Yadav retorted, “Vij before using unkind words about Rahul Gandhi should realise that he looks like a beggar who needs few coins and immediate bath.”

Felt like a child had run

away from home: Haryana

Mininister on Rahul Gandhi

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij today took pot shots at Rahul Gandhi's journey by train to meet farmers in Punjab, saying from the pictures in newspapers it appears like "a child had run away from his home".

"After looking at the pictures of Rahul Gandhi sitting in a train like a terrified and scared child, which appeared in today's newspapers, it appears like a child had run away from his home," he said in a tweet.