Taking a dig at Congress, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman asked Rahul whether “Gujarat's growth and
development model was low thinking”
“So much discussion on ‘neech' (low). So much energy was spent on ‘neech' (low) comment. What actually was ‘neech' supposed to mean. We just do not understand what is this ‘neech soch' (low thinking) explanation that is coming out now,” she added.
Congress lambasted Modi over his attempts for “opportunistic exploition” of Priyanka's remarks and claimed that Modi tells the electorate to vote their caste when the Congress tells them to cast their vote.
Congress spokesperson Shashi Tharoor maintained that Priyanka has not made any reference to caste or the origins of Modi and was talking about “debased level of political discourse of the BJP”.
He also condemned the attempt to “exploit” the phrase and attach to it the idea of caste (jaati) by Modi in his speeches.
