(MENAFN- Gulf Times) A controversy erupted yesterday after Meghalaya unit of the BJP mocked Congress president Rahul Gandhi accusing him of wearing a Burberry jacket worth $995, or Rs63,000 allegedly at the cost of the state exchequer.
'So @OfficeOfRG, wearing jacket with ‘black' money fleeced from Meghalayan state exchequer through rampant corruption? Instead of singing away our woes, you could have given a report card of your inefficient govt in Meghalaya! Your indifference mocks us!, the BJP said in a tweet.
The saffron party also tweeted an image of a jacket similar to the one Gandhi wore with a price tag of $995. Gandhi wore the jacket on Tuesday when he attended a concert in Shillong.
Five musical bands, including Shillong-based Soulmates, performed at the concert entitled 'Celebrate Peace and Way of Life, a celebration of Meghalaya's music, culture and way of life.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav also hit out at Gandhi, saying the Congress left the northeast states poor while their leaders roamed around in costly jackets.
'The Congress doesn't understand popular sentiment in the northeast today. The four states have rejected Congress already and Meghalaya is ready to do the same now. Congress not even in reckoning in the Tripura and Nagaland. Congress left northeast poor and underdeveloped while their leaders roam around in Rs70,000 jackets, Madhav said.
However, the Congress rebutted the BJP's claim, saying the same jacket was available for Rs700.
'I don't know whether to laugh or to cry at the desperation of the BJP. You mean to say they have no other work than to search online for jacket rates. I can get the same jacket for Rs700. If the prime minister wants I can make a jacket for him too, Congress leader Renuka Chaudhary said.
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