‘Where is the election? Are they playing Big Boss?’: Congress takes swipe at BJP

NEW DELHI, Jan 20: The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at the BJP after it formally declared Nitin Nabin as its new chief, saying the ruling party announced the president first and then stated that there would be an election but there was none.
The opposition party also took a dig at Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, saying he is unhappy as he did not get anything to “manipulate” in this process.
“Gyanesh Kumar wants to resign in protest; he has no role, he can’t even influence, he can’t even manipulate anything,” the Congress’ media and publicity department head, Pawan Khera, said while targeting the CEC, whom the opposition party has been attacking alleging irregularities in elections.
Asked about the development at a press conference here, Khera said, “Where is the election? Why do you even call it an election. You announce the president first and then say there will be an election, and then there is no election.
“Gyanesh Kumar wants to resign in protest; he has no role, he can’t even influence, he can’t even manipulate anything,” Khera quipped tongue-in-cheek.
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that Nabin is his “boss” in party matters, Khera said, “They can keep playing games among themselves. Sometimes Mohan Bhagwat becomes someone’s boss, sometimes Modi becomes someone’s boss. We don’t care about the tears of seers and are playing boss-boss.” Khera’s remarks were in reference to the row over authorities allegedly stopping Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati from taking a holy dip in the Ganga in Prayagraj.“Is Bigg Boss game being played here. What is this? The biggest boss of Hindu dharma is shedding tears and they are busy playing Bigg Boss,” Khera said, targeting the BJP. (PTI)