New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The National Spokesperson for the Bhartiya Janta Party Syed Zafar Islam has dismissed recent comments by the leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi. Syed Zafar Islam argued that Gandhi's tendency to make controversial statements is scripted, and the public no longer takes his critiques seriously.

"When Rahul Gandhi makes such statements, people have no option but to laugh at him; all his allies are leaving him today. You also got more funding when your party was in power. The unemployment rate is at its lowest today. Rahul Gandhi only says what is written down for him, said the National spokesperson of the Bhartiya Janta Party."

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