If Congress wants to benefit, it should boycott Rahul not journalists: BJP

The BJP on Friday took a swipe at the Congress over the opposition INDIA blocs decision to boycott 14 broadcast media anchors saying shunning media or any other institution will do it no good and the party can only benefit by boycotting Rahul Gandhi as he has no strengthThere is no institution in India that this opposition alliance has not attacked be it the Election Commission or courts BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reportersAll of them are doing their work well he said before targeting GandhiIf there is someone who is not up to it and who the Congress should indeed boycott for its own benefit then his name is Rahul Gandhi Your leader has no strength Who all will you boycott If you have to boycott and move ahead then boycott your leaderThe Congress leader speaks about Mohabbat love but sells Nafrat hate he claimedPatra asked if the list of journalists that the opposition alliance will boycott is more of a target list indicating that they will be slapped with criminal cases and will not be spared If they are targeted by some people including members of these parties then who will be responsible he posedHitting out at the opposition for Congress leader Saifuddin Sozs and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullahs pitch for talks with Pakistan he said the remarks came soon after the death of security officials in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir and added that the INDIA bloc should boycott leaders like them than journalistsSoz has asked the Union government to try to understand the minds of militants he said condemning the Congress leader It is such a painful and unfortunate statement he addedPatra said that the Congress has a history of going after the media citing the first amendment brought by Jawaharlal Nehru to curb absolute freedom of expression the Emergency promulgated by Indira Gandhi and the defamation law proposed by Rajiv GandhiCongress leaders questioned the existence of Lord Ram while the likes of Bihar minister and RJD leader Chandra Shekhar targeted Ramchairtmanas These leaders are not boycotted but journalists questioning these parties about corruption in states ruled by them and saying good things about G20 and India are boycotted he saidNetas can raise questions on God but journalists cant question these netas Patra saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever