BJP Releases Animation Video of Rahul Gandhi on Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress Slams It As ‘Frustration, Desperation’ (Watch Video)

New Delhi, October 16: The BJP on Sunday put out an animation video of Rahul Gandhi to take a dig at the Bharat Jodo Yatra, evoking a sharp response from the Congress which said that calling the video "pathetic" is an understatement.

The BJP put out on Twitter the over two-minute-long animation of Gandhi portraying him as Asrani's character from the movie Sholay. In the video, digs have been taken over Congress MLAs quitting in Goa, leaders quitting and joining Ghulam Nabi Azad and infighting in Rajasthan among other things. Bharat Jodo Yatra: ‘BJP Scared of Rahul Gandhi’s Rising Popularity’, Says Congress Leader Mallikarjun Kharge.

Watch: BJP Releases Animation Video of Rahul Gandhi

"Mummy, why doesn't suffering end? It's over…Tata..goodbye," the BJP tweeted along with the animation in an apparent reference to Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi. Video: Sonia Gandhi Joins Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka’s Mandya District.

Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh's Tweet

Reacting to the move, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "BJP's latest formula to counter the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Frustration + Desperation = Animation."

"To call the video they have put out pathetic is an understatement!" Ramesh said. Since the start of the Yatra, the BJP has been attacking and taking swipes at it, while the Congress has claimed that it is doing so as it is rattled by the initiative's success.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)