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Ekalavya cut off his right thumb because his Guru demanded it. In the BJP, they cut down their own Gurus. Humili… https://t.co/fAjiOOUHqr — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1528815983000

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NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi late on Tuesday took a dig at BJP by referring to Eklavya's guru, saying that unlike Drona's disciple, in BJP they "cut down their own gurus.""Ekalavya cut off his right thumb because his Guru demanded it. In the BJP, they cut down their own Gurus. Humiliating Vajpayeeji, Advaniji, Jaswant Singhji and their families is the Prime Minister’s way of protecting Indian culture," he tweeted.Along with the tweet was a video showing episodes of camaraderie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and LK Advani from the past. The video then switches to a clip of an event from this year where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is alleged to be ‘ignoring’ the veteran leader.The tweet came after Rahul in a speech in Mumbai had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not giving due respect to his 'guru' and veteran party leader LK Advani."LK Advani has been the guru of PM Modi, but I have seen in events that PM Modi does not even respect his guru. Today, I feel very sad for Advani. The Congress party has given him more respect than Modi Ji," he said as he addressed party workers in Mumbai.Following the Congress president's attack on the Prime Minister, the BJP was quick to hit back. "The Congress president is practising the lowest form of politics," said BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni."He is violating our social and political norms. He does not even seem to know the kind of politics he is doing. The country is watching how the president of the oldest political party is behaving," Baluni added.Earlier today, in Mumbai, the Congress president also spoke about his visit to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) yesterday by saying that "it was we who first visited him"."Congress party fought against Vajpayee's govt, but when he was sick it was we who first visited him. This is the ideology of Congress party, we respect our opponents," Rahul said during his address.BJP also criticized the Congress leader referring to latter's criticism of former president Pranab Mukherjee for attending an RSS event, alleging that the country had seen how the party treated one of its veterans.Congress leaders had torn to pieces clothes of its then-president Sitaram Kesari and thrown him out of his office, Baluni said as he cited alleged mistreatment of former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao by his party to make his point. Rahul Gandhi should not lecture us on political values, he said.