PATNA, Dec. 23 -- Newly-appointed BJP national working president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and called him a "part-time politician who came to Bihar only during elections and left the country once the polls got over."

Nabin, five-time BJP MLA from Bankipore assembly in urban Patna, was addressing the party workers here after being accorded a warm welcome on his return to Patna after assuming the charge.

Nabin claimed that the BJP flag would fly high in the upcoming assembly polls of West Bengal and Kerala as "part-time politicians like Rahul Gandhi would be punished by voters". He also alleged that Gandhi "disrespected India" during his recent trip to Germany.

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