Congress now a vote katua party: Sambit Patra

While addressing a conference at their office headquarter, BJP leader Sambit Patra slammed the Opposition by calling them "vote katua". He further added that the Congress party was not contesting elections to win but to cut into the votes of BJP.

New Delhi: Taking a dig at the Congress over Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's comments that her party would cut into the votes of the saffron party and would help the grand alliance in UP, BJP's Sambit Patra said on Wednesday that the grand old party had become a "vote katua" party.

He said these remarks of the Congress general secretary showed that her party had accepted defeat.

"The Congress party is not contesting elections to win but to cut into votes of BJP. Today, the grand old party has become a vote katua party," said the BJP's national spokesman at a press conference here.

Priyanka had told reporters in Amethi that her party was not at all cutting into votes of the ---Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)---alliance in Uttar Pradesh as it fielded candidates either with prospects of victory or having potential to damage BJP's chances in the state.

"We have carefully chosen candidates so that either the Congress wins or they cut into BJP's votes. The Congress is not at all cutting into votes of the UP gathbandhan," Priyanka Gandhi had said.