BJP takes jibe at Mahant for "indulging in sycophancy"

Ridiculing Union minister and Chhattisgarh Congress Committee acting president Charan Das Mahant's statement that he would "sweep the state party office" if UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asks him to do so, the ruling BJP today accused him of indulging in sycophancy.
Mahant, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing, had told reporters yesterday that "I follow the directives of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, I follow the orders of Rahul Gandhi...It's a clear cut example that if they will ask me to sweep Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (office), I will do that."
Flaying the Congress leader's statement, BJP spokesperson Shivratan Sharma told PTI that "It seems that Mahant feels that the post of acting president of the state Congress is a fourth grade job, therefore he is ready to pick broom and sweep the party's office. It shows he is indulging in sycophancy."

He (Mahant) has crossed all the limits of sycophancy and the people of the state will not accept such sycophants, Sharma added.
Reacting sharply to the BJP's comment, Congress spokesperson Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said that Mahant has shown his dedication and commitment towards his party and nothing else.
"The statement of Mahant should not be taken in other way. He has just shown his dedication and commitment to the party," Trivedi added.