Jaipur, May 11 (PTI) Rajasthan BJP president C P Joshi Thursday hit back at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for calling the BJP and RSS "fascist", saying the Congress leader has an "RSS phobia" that is why he makes such statements.

He said whenever there is any calamity, RSS workers are ready to help.

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"The Congress has a phobia of the RSS so its leaders keep making baseless allegations against the RSS," he said in a statement.

"Sangh workers always play their role in the society with devotion like a soldier without any discrimination, while the Congress is nothing more than a scattered organisation dedicated to one family," he said.

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Honouring terrorists and cursing patriots is the reason for the Congress' downfall, he said.

Joshi said the chief minister should introspect because his party MLAs accuse him of being a "fascist".

"He calls himself Gandhi of Mewar but his entire five years were spent in the fight for the chair. He is afraid of his defeat in the 2023 elections therefore Gehlot is saying anything to get noticed by Rahul Gandhi," he said.

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