Targeting the BJP in poll-bound Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot alleged Saturday that some people use the slogan 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' for political gains and remember Lord Ram only before elections.
Polls in the state are scheduled to be held on December 7 and counting on December 11.
Gehlot's reaction came a day after Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the BJP treats the country as its mother, but "the Congress' mother is Sonia Gandhi".
"Who will hesitate in saying 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' but there are people who shout this slogan for political gain, while some say this from the heart. Raje comes from a 'Jamaat' or section where the name of Ram is used in elections," he said at a press conference here.
Referring to sloganeering in Bikaner where a Congress leader allegedly asked workers to raise slogans of 'Sonia Gandhi ki Jai' instead of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', Raje had also said, "She (Sonia) is more than Mother India for the party (Congress)."
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