New Delhi, December 4: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made a sarcastic jibe at Rahul Gandhi over his obvious elevation as the Congress President and called it a promotion without performance.
Other BJP leaders too criticised the internal poll-process of the Congress party terming it a “mockery of democratic traditions”.
“The farcical election process and the sycophancy of all family faithfuls in hailing this process is a sad commentary on the grand old party,” BJP spokesperson GVL Narsimha Rao said.
“It shows the Congress’s total disconnect with today’s India which values meritocracy and not imposition of dynasty,” he added.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, meanwhile, said that it is an open and democratic election and anyone can contest against RaGa if he/she wishes.
Rahul Gandhi this morning filed his nomination papers for the party’s chief post. If no other nomination is filed, Gandhi may be elevated to succeed his mother and incumbent party Chief Sonia Gandhi today itself.