NEW DELHI: BJP hit out at Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, saying he lacked “capability” and “seriousness” to lead the Congress party and had “only friability and flippancy”, which can’t be virtues in politics.

“...he (Rahul) seems to have only friability and flippancy and none of the qualities required to lead even a political party like the Indian National Congress ,” BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao told reporters.

Rao was reacting to Gandhi’s gesture in Lok Sabha during the debate on no-confidence motion on Friday when he walked across the aisle to PM Modi and hugged him, taking everyone by surprise.

The PM shook Gandhi’s hands but ignored his call to stand so that he could hug the BJP leader. The Congress chief, however, embraced him even as Modi remained seated.

Rao said Rahul lacked capability, commitment, consistence, compassion and credibility which are required in a political leader. “The defeat of the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion exposed the fissures in the grand alliance that they were tom-toming about and the opposition unity, which lay in tatters,” he said.

Rao said the no-confidence motion taken up in Lok Sabha turned out to be a veritable no-confidence in the opposition leaders.

