New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- Bhartiya Janata Party MP Saumik Bhattacharya on Monday took a swipe at LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, reacting to the recent sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Congress mega rally, and said that he was the first to run when Home Minister Amit Shah was speaking in the Parliament.

"When the Home Minister was speaking in Parliament, they ran away, and Rahul Gandhi was the first to flee. I have one humble request to Rahul Gandhi: Please go to West Bengal, visit Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's home, have tea with him, and ask him why he made that statement that in West Bengal, it's not vote theft, but vote dacoity..." he said.

Earlier, Union Parliamentary leader Kiren Rijiju strongly condemned ...