Reacting sharply to Rahul's remark that the Vasundhara Raje government's "remote" was with Lalit Modi in London, it said Congress was used to running governments by remote control and believed it was a "model" but it was not so in BJP.
Party secretary Siddharth Nath Singh lashed out at the Congress vice president at a briefing soon after he targeted the Centre and Rajasthan government over a host of issues, including land bill and Lalit Modi scandal, and took a jibe at Modi saying people will reduce his "56-inch chest to 5.6 inches".
Referring to a Lalit Modi tweet, the BJP leader spoke about the likely "deal of Rs 500-600 crore involving your (Rahul Gandhi) mother's sister" and said he should also speak about it.
"Rahul Gandhi has spoken about land, remote control and also 56 inch. As I said he is a toddler and it is not nice to give advise to a toddler. But Congress is giving him big responsibility so let us offer him an unsolicited advise. You have a right to criticise us. But criticise us on facts....
Addressing party workers in Rajasthan, Rahul today said "This 56-inch chest (of Narendra Modi) will turn into 5.6 inches in six months. And who will turn this into 5.6 inches, it is the Congress party, people of the country, the farmers and the labourers."
Taking repeated jibes at the Vasundhara Raje government, he called it a "Lalit Modi sarkar".
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