'They should be called Indira Nazi Congress': BJP on criticism over Shashi Tharoor's PM Modi tweet

Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Wednesday lashed out at Congress party for criticising Shashi Tharoor over his tweet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"It should not be called the 'Indian National Congress'; it should be called the 'Indira Nazi Congress' because they demonstrate Indira's emergency mindset and Nazi dictatorial behaviour," he said.

"If somebody praises the Prime Minister's speech, which is about larger issues, then a 'fatwa' is issued against that person by the Congress, which talks about democracy in the entire country, but there is no democracy within their party... if someone keeps national interest above 'Parivaric' interest, then a fatwa is issued against them," news agency ANI further quoted him as saying.

The Congress on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the Ramnath Goenka Lecture, calling it a “petty speech”, and questioned how senior party leader Shashi Tharoor found anything in it to praise.