Congress on Wednesday lashed out at its former members Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jyotiraditya Scindia, saying they have been huge beneficiaries of the party’s system but with every passing day, they give powerful evidence that this generosity to them was “undeserved” as they reveal their “true character”.
The grand old party’s attack on Scindia and Azad came after they criticised it and its leadership separately in the media. Scindia, a Union minister and a BJP leader, launched a sharp attack on Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, alleging that the party has been left with no ideology except the one of a “traitor” which works against the country. While Azad has slammed the Congress leadership and the party in several interviews ahead of launch of his book. In one of the interview Azad said he believes the Congress is still run by “remote control” and alleges that a “new coterie of inexperienced sycophants” manage its affairs.
Reacting to the scathing criticism by the two former Congress leaders, Congress chief spokesman Jairam Ramesh said both Ghulam Nabi Azad and Jyotiraditya Scindia have been huge beneficiaries of the Congress system and its leadership in past. “With every passing day, they give powerful evidence that this generosity to them was undeserved. They reveal their true character which they kept hidden for so long,” Ramesh said, slamming Scindia and Azad, both of them who served the Congress in various capacities including as Cabinet Ministers.
Talking to reporters at the AICC headquarters, Congress’ media department head Pawan Khera slammed Azad, saying he is following the ideology which he had opposed for 50 years. “Now when he sings paeans to the king, it is laughable. The one who was considered God by our workers has turned out not even to be a clay idol,” he said. The party that gave him so much, he is now cursing that very party, Khera said of Azad.