Rahul Gandhi’s tweet #IAmCongress throws BJP into a tizzy

The rather innocuous tweet by the Congress President, apparently in response to the PM and several union ministers claiming that he had said Congress was a ‘Muslim’ party, unnerved the ruling BJP. As the BJP busied itself in launching its counter attack, the Congress supporters rallied in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi and #IAmCongress started trending on Twitter. Rahul Gandhi had tweeted:

‘I stand with the last person in the line. The exploited, marginalised and the persecuted. Their religion, caste or beliefs matter little to me. I seek out those in pain and embrace them. I erase hatred and fear. I love all living beings. I am the Congress.’

Rahul Gandhi’s tweet seemed to have caught the pulse of social media, with Congress leaders and other social media users sending out solidarity messages.

Launching a sharp counter attack on Rahul Gandhi, the BJP on Tuesday said that contrary to his claim, the Congress President does not love anyone but power.

"Rahul Gandhi has claimed in a tweet that he loves all living beings. The fact is that he doesn't love any living being but only a non-living thing called the throne of power," BJP spokesman Sambit Patra reacted at a press conference in New Delhi.

Patra went on to say, “There is a sense of competition between Rahul Gandhi and Asaduddin Owaisi as to who would usurp the ideology of (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah to a complete extent.

Interestingly, Rahul Gandhi’s tweet was not directed at any individual or a party, but apparently had come in response to the BJP's unabated criticism over an allegedly fake remark that “Congress was a party of Muslims.”