Priyanka Gandhi's attack on the BJP over its "divisive" ideology on Wednesday invited sharp retort from the party, which said the mentality of the Congress had become so "depraved" that it was finding fault with its family members.
The BJP was referring to Priyanka's barbs at cousin and BJP leader Varun Gandhi.
The ideology of the Congress, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, was all about keeping people poor, "promoting and protecting corrupt and abusing institutions which question it".
"They question everybody. They have targeted CBI, CVC and media. Now they have found fault with their own family. Instead of blaming one and all, they should look within," he said.
Kick-starting her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi's campaign in Rae Bareli, Priyanka said there were two separate ideologies fighting these elections and the ideology of the BJP believed in dividing people.
Trivedi responded by saying that the people were well aware of the ideologies of the BJP and the Congress. "Congress believes in looting the public money and then protection the corrupt and corruption," he said.
Even on the issue of minorities, especially Muslims, over which the BJP is always targeted, Trivedi said, the "role" of Congress had been exposed by the Sachar and Ranganath Mishra committees which have highlighted rampant poverty and illiteracy among them.
"Congress believes in keeping them poor, illiterate and under fear to exploit them for political gains," he said.
Trivedi downplayed prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad's remark about Muslims fearing Narendra Modi, saying many Muslim clerics have praised the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.
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