BJP attacks Congress over liquor 'smuggling'

BJP on Tuesday attacked Congress after its youth wing functionaries were caught allegedly smuggling liquor. The Congress president Srinivas B V dubbed the arrest a conspiracy which, he claimed, was aimed at defaming his organisation's relief work to help the poor amid lockdown.

New Delhi:The BJP on Tuesday took a dig at the Congress after its youth wing functionaries were caught allegedly smuggling liquor, saying this has exposed the opposition party's character.

According to the Delhi Police, Shravan Rao (34) and Manish (24) were arrested on Sunday night from near the Delhi-Gurgaon border with illicit liquor.

The BJP has claimed that they are associated with the youth Congress.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said while lakhs of his party workers are busy bringing food to the needy during the nationwide lockdown, the national office-bearers of the Congress are smuggling expensive liquor in the national capital.

"This is the character of the Congress... What a strategy Rahul ji," Patra tweeted, taking a dig at the former Congress president.

BJP youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's media in-charge Rohit Chahal tweeted that vehicle being allegedly used for liquor sale was given permission to distribute food.

Two functionaries of the youth wing of the Congress have been caught, Chahal said, targeting the opposition party.

The Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas B V dubbed the arrest a conspiracy which, he claimed, was aimed at defaming his organisation's relief work to help the poor during the ongoing lockdown.

"Our crime is that food and medicine have been provided by us to lakhs of people. This will neither stop nor scare his organisation," said Srinivas.

(PTI)