Veteran Congress leader earlier compared Yogi Adityanath to a poisonous snake I Photo credit: ANI | Photo Credit: ANI

New Delhi: As elections draw near, political opponents pull out all stops to discredit their opponents in the battle for Lok Sabha. Congress leader Rashid Alvi joined the mud-slinging bandwagon, saying, PM Modi has set a bad precedent for the youth in the country for not caring about this mother. Alvi said Modi himself stays in palaces, wears suits and keeps pens worth lakhs of Rupees but chooses to keep his mother in a “10X10 room”. What kind of a message is he trying to send to the youth of the nation? Alvi asked.

Does Modi expect them to treat their mothers in the same manner? the Congress leader asked

The Congress leader also said there will be no democracy if Modi returns to power in 2019. People won’t be able to speak freely and leaders like him won’t be able to make speeches anymore. Alvi then attacked BJP leaders for using ‘venomous’ language while speaking in public.

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Alvi’s comments shortly after yet another controversial statement by likening Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath to a ‘poisonous snake’. He made the comments while speaking to party workers in Amroha. The veteran Congress leader said Yogi Adityanath is a man who doesn’t utter words but only spews venom. “A wild animal who is full of venom from head to tail also subverts in front of Yogi whilst thinking how a man can be more poisonous than me. You are fighting venomous people like him,” he said.

Alvi also evoked 13 criminal cases BJP poster boy Adityanath including an attempt to murder and inciting riots.