Ballari, April 26 -- Using colorful language, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday dubbed the BJP as "Bharatiya Chombu Party." and accused it of plundering public funds and leaving citizens with empty promises. Gandhi, who launched the scathing attack on the BJP during a rally here, asserted, "(They) looted the public's money in abundance, and in return (the public) was given an empty pot - this is Modi's Bharatiya Chombu Party!" The statement, accompanied by a photograph of Gandhi holding a traditional round water pot, known as "chombu" in Kannada, underscored his criticism of the BJP's alleged deception and lack of substantive governance.

Earlier in the day, Gandhi addressed similar gatherings in Vijayapura and Ballari, where...