Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday compared the promises made by the opposition to selling combs to bald men.
Addressing the All India Congress Committee meet here, Gandhi - in obvious reference to the BJP - said the opposition has "excellent marketing" skills.
"They do excellent marketing. They have shine, glamour, song, dance and everything. They are the kind who will sell comb to a bald man," he said, triggering loud applause from party workers packing the venue.
And keeping in mind the Aam Aadmi Party, Gandhi said: "Now new people have come up who are giving haircuts to bald people."
The Congress star asked people not to be taken in by the words of the opposition.
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