By tweeting, Rahul Gandhi accepted that Congress is a Muslim party: BJP

Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said: "By tweeting, Rahul Gandhi has accepted the fact that the Congress is a Muslim party."

"For 70 years, the Congress has betrayed the person who has been referred to in the last line of Rahul Gandhi's tweet." Patra added.

He said: "When Rahul Gandhi says the Congress is a Muslim party, that last person in the last line of the tweet gets betrayed."

According to reports, Urdu newspaper 'Inqalab' had quoted Rahul as saying that the Congress was a “Muslim party”.

Gandhi was reported to have made the Muslim remark during a recent meeting with Muslim intellectuals on July 11.

Coming out in defence of his reported statement, Rahul tweeted on Tuesday, "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."

Reacting to the 'Muslim party' remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reacted to say, "For the past two days I am hearing that a naamdar leader (Rahul Gandhi) has said that Congress is a party of Muslims. The comment did not surprise me."

"Even ex-PM Manmohan Singh had said that Muslims have the first right over nation's natural resources," he said.

"However, I will like to ask the party that whether the party is only for the Muslim men?" questioned Modi.

Modi said: "They don't stand with Muslim women on important issues like triple talaq."

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