Making light of the Congress-led meet of eight parties against demonetisation, the BJP on Tuesday described it as Rahul Gandhi’s “flop show” which was doggedly refusing to take off the ground.
Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it was increasingly becoming clear that the Congress leader lacked “maturity and gravitas” and that he would soon be left alone to “hurl abuses without substance”.
He said the Opposition’s exercise was “laughable” as those who were behind scams like 2G spectrum, Saradha chit fund and coal block allocations had come together to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rahul and his party have been the biggest patron of corruption, Prasad alleged, saying that he kept quiet during the UPA Government when several scams happened.
“We all saw Rahul Gandhi’s flop show today. Those who claimed about opposition unity could merely bring together eight of the 16 parties. Soon they will be reduced to four. Then Rahul Gandhi will be left on his own...To hurl abuses without substance. The bubble of opposition unity has burst before it could take off,” he said.
He said the Opposition’s press conference was a victory for BJP and loss for Congress as it showed that the saffron party has emerged as the centre of polity now.