The comment that began the ugly war of words. The BJP chief slammed the Congress for the delay in hanging Afzal Guru, on death row for the December 2001 Parliament attack.
The latest war of words between the Congress and the BJP is the harshest ever. It began with the BJP president asking if Afzal Guru was a son-in-law of the Congress party. The Congress responded by saying that Nitin Gadkari had lost his mind.
Nitin Gadkari spoke and the Congress hit back. Now the BJP has taken umbrage at the Congress' choice of words. Gadkari's remarks on Afzal Guru gave voice to feelings of terror victims, the BJP said.
"The BJP should deposit him into a psychiatric facility." The Congress' advice in reaction to BJP chief Nitin Gadkari suggesting that the party was treating Afzal Guru as its "son-in-law".