In an embarrassment for the Congress, former Union law minister and Karnataka governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj has slammed his own party, calling it too weak to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
According to a report in The Indian Express, Bhardwaj said that Congress party and its vice president Rahul Gandhi were out of touch with the ground reality.
The veteran leader also questioned senior Congress leaders for threatening to disrupt the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament over former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi controversy, involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
This comes at a time when the Congress has launched a continued offensive against Narendra Modi government. The party has alleged instances of quid pro quo between Swaraj and Lalit Modi. It has also questioned the links between Raje and the former IPL boss.
The party has demanded that the two top leaders of the BJP must quit, and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must break his silence over the issue.
Almost all top leaders of the Congress, including P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ghulam Nabi Azad have been quite vocal on the issue, demanding immediate action against Swaraj and Raje.
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