NEW DELHI: To counter Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's 'NaMo tea stalls', the Congress will now offer milk in the name of its vice president Rahul Gandhi in Gorakhpur, the Indian Express reports.



According to the report, 24 such stalls have been installed in the district by the party as a part of its 'Rahul Milk' campaign.



Mocking the NaMo tea stalls, the Congress workers are persuading people not to visit those counters as tea served by the BJP is 'poisonous'. Instead they want people to drink 'healthy' milk from 'Rahul Milk' stalls.



The 'Rahul Milk' stalls have banners and flex boards affixed over them with Rahul's photographs and even have a slogan with a political punch - "BJP ki zehreeli chai nahin, doodh pilayenge, desh ke naujawano ko pahalwan banayenge."



Gorakhpur district Congress president Syed Jamal was quoted by the Indian Express as saying, "Today we opened more stalls in 19 blocks of Gorakhpur's rural areas."



He added, "Our message is clear that the BJP's tea is spreading communal poison among the people. Tea is a foreign beverage and even doctors ask you to avoid it. But milk is an Indian drink that builds health of youths and gives them strength."



The Congress also boasts of 'Rahul Milk' stalls success. According to the party leaders, around 400 people everyday consume milk from each of the 24 milk stalls. A total of 50 litres of milk is consumed every day, they claim.























