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New Delhi: Actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal, on Friday took a jibe at the Congress party over induction of Priyanka Gandhi, and questioned that if the party has launched its 'trump card' now, why was it playing 'with a joker'so far. "Woh kehte hain ki ab humne apna trump card utara hain. Toh humein yeh poochhna hain, ki ab tak kyun joker se khel rahein the? (They say that now we have introduced our trump card. So I want to ask why were you playing with a joker card so far?)," Rawal said in the tweet. Rawat's tweet was retweeted by over 2700.

Earlier this week, the Congress party inducted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra into politics from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

वो कहते हैं कि अब हमने अपना ट्रम्प कार्ड उतारा है , तो हमें ये पूछना है कि अब तक क्यू जोकर से खेल रहे थे !?!?!? — Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) January 25, 2019

She has been made All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary. While the Congress leadership has hailed Priyanka's entry as party's 'trump card' ahead of the general elections, the BJP has downplayed the decision and claimed that it is an indication of Congress president Rahul Gandhi's failure.

Talking to media after the announcement, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that Congress is a 'family party'. "We want to congratulate the party for announcing the 'failure' of Rahul Gandhi," Patra said, adding that that in Congress family is the party, whereas, in the BJP, the party is family.