Raipur, March 15 -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday made light of family loyalist Tom Vadakkan's decision to join the BJP.

Gandhi said Vadaakkan was not a big leader.

"Vadakkan? Vadakkan is not a big leader," Gandhi told reporters at Raipur airport before leaving for Odisha tour.

In a huge embarrassment to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its spokesperson Tom Vadakkan, once a key aide of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, joined the BJP Thursday and attacked his former party for its stand on Balakot air strikes.

Gandhi also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over unemployment, farmers distressand alleged corruption in the Rafale deal with France.

"There are three issues in the country. The biggest issue is of unemploym...