India, Dec. 3 -- Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Wednesday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for raising concerns about illegal narcotics and liquor trafficking in the state during the ongoing Congress Jan Aakrosh Yatra.

In posts on X, Gandhi, who is Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said people - especially women - had told Congress workers during the yatra that rising drug use, illegal liquor, and crime have made Gujarat unsafe.

He questioned which BJP leaders were shielding criminals and accused the state government of failing farmers affected by recent floods.

Hitting back, Gujarat ministers Jitu Vaghani and Rivaba Jadeja said that a stronger India is no longer prepared to tolerate the Congress and th...