BJP MLA Basangouda Hits Back At Mallikarjun Kharge, Calls Sonia Gandhi "Vishkanye"

As the date of polling for Karnataka Assembly comes closer, the politics and the campaign is getting more aggressive. A day ago, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge took a dig at PM Modi and without taking any name termed him Poisonous Snake. He also later apologized for the remark. But now a BJP candidate has hit back, calling Sonia Gandhi a Vishkanya and Rahul Gandhi a mad person. The war of words has raised the political temperature in the state. Let's talk about this in today's video. Karnataka BJP leader Basangouda Patil Yatnal drove headfirst into the raging name calling controversy when on Thursday, he asked whether Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was a “vishakanya” and called Rahul Gandhi mad, while attacking AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge for his “poisonous snake” remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking at a rally in Yelburga on Thursday evening, he also alleged that Sonia Gandhi was an agent of China and Pakistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices