New Delhi: Following Rahul Gandhi’s slam against the government over the farmers' protest, the Bharatiya Janata party on Monday called him as a “political cuckoo of Indian politics” who, it alleged, does not want to work on the ground and uses the shoulders of others for his political agenda. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also accused the Congress leader of posting an old picture of farmers' agitation while referring to their Sunday mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, and said this is part of his politics of “spreading confusion and lies”.

“The Congress is without a regular president. It is incompetent of raising ground issues. That is why Sonia Gandhi holds online meetings with leaders of other parties while Rahul Gandhi relies on old photographs in his attempt to spread confusion for politics,” Patra told a press conference.
Sonia Gandhi is the interim president of the party.   As a cuckoo does not build her nest and seeks comfort in nests of other birds, Rahul Gandhi also works in a similar manner, he said.  “He does not work to build his party's organisation. He does not work hard. It has become his habit to use others' shoulders for politics,” he further charged.     With protesting farmer unions hitting out at the government, Patra claimed that the Modi dispensation was always dedicated to farmers and will remain so.

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