Empty Out The Congress, State BJP Chief Tells Partymen

After the influx engineered by the BJP from other parties over the last few years, the party's state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Sunday told his workers to "empty out the Congress" by engineering a split in it.

- HT Correspondent

MUMBAI:

After a clip of his speech went viral, Congress leaders reacted sharply, saying that the ruling party needed Congress leaders, as their leaders were incapable of winning elections.

Bawankule, while addressing party leaders and workers in Pune, tried to reassure them that they would not suffer when leaders from other parties joined, as "loyalists" would get preference in election tickets.