The BJP released the picture a day after the Congress came out with pictures of Modi, purportedly with Afroz Fatta, an alleged hawala kingpin.
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said politicians cannot escape being photographed as they are in public life. "But how will you explain this?" she asked while showing the photograph in which Rahul is purportedly seen with Asif. "The way Rahul Gandhi is riding pillion on the motor cycle, do we assume that they are good friends and he (Rahul) is responsible for whatever Asif Billa has done?" Lekhi asked.
The Congress had on Monday released picture of Modi, purportedly with the hawala accused, after being stung by a video on Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra released by BJP on Sunday. The BJP also came up with a counter with a picture of Fatta with Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin.
BJP legislator Harsh R Sanghavi had brought out the picture showing Fatta with cricketer-turned-politician Azharuddin and tweeted: "Afroz Fatta with Congressi Leader @azhrudeen will Congress answer what's the connection with him?." It was re-tweeted by Modi aide Amit Shah who deleted it soon thereafter.
On Tuesday BJP said, Rahul was trying to malign Modi's image through "baseless" and "false" data as the party came out with point-by-point response to the issues raised by the Congress leader. The party said the "insulated" Congress vice president has poor knowledge of ground realities.
"It shows poor knowledge of an insulated leader who does not know the ground realities," she said, while claiming that Gujarat government has done tremendously well in social welfare.
"Rahul Gandhi has little knowledge about India and its states... He lives a cocoon life and never tried to put his basics right ... Rahul is only plotting stories to malign the image of Narendra Modi by giving false data," she said.
Countering Rahul's charge that Adani was promoted by Modi in giving land at throwaway prices, the BJP spokesperson alleged that the Congress government had doled out land almost free to GMR for construction of the Delhi airport. "He should know that Gujarat government gave land at nominal price but Congress gave land to GMR to build the Indira Gandhi airport only for Rs 100. The actual price of land is Rs 1,63,557 crore. This gross violation of norms and pratices has never been mentioned by the Congress and this is by CAG report," Lekhi said.
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