Randeep Surjewala calls BJP and its supporters 'Rakshas', BJP takes him on

Addressing the Congress ‘Jan Akrosh rally’ in Kaithal, Haryana, on Sunday, Surjewala said, “Don't give job, at least give a chance to sit in the job. People of the BJP and the JJP are ‘rakshas’ (monsters) and those who vote for the BJP and support them are ‘rakshas’ too. Today, I curse from this land of Mahabharata.”

A video clip of the speech has gone viral on social media, with many BJP leaders sharing them.

HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.

Meanwhile, reacting to the Congres leader's comment, BJP the national spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeed, “The Congress party, which failed to launch the prince again and again, has now started abusing the public and Janardhan. Listen to Congress leader Randeep Surjewala, who has become a victim of blindness in protest against Prime Minister Modi and BJP, saying - 'The people of the country who vote and support BJP are ‘monsters’." Patra also shared the video clip.

“On one hand, there is Modi ji, the prime minister of 140 crore countrymen, for whom the public is the form of Janardan, and on the other hand, there is the Congress party, for whom the public is the form of a demon,” Patra tweeted.