Poll vault: Slip of tongue

In a case of slip of tongue, academician, former minister and Congress candidate from Bawal ML Ranga acted like an absent-minded professor. He started decrying his own party instead of BJP before the media, stating that everyone was harassed due to oppressive policies of the Congress. When his supporters corrected him, he requested obliging mediapersons to record his statement again.

Digital diatribe

Chandigarh: BJP’s IT head Amit Malviya and Haryana Congress IT Cell are slugging it out on social media. Malviya alleged that the Congress media cell and Bhupinder Hooda’s crew had called up three prominent media channels not to give screen time to Randeep Surjewala and Kumari Selja. The Congress retorted: “In the past 24 hours, Malviya’s family has taken him to three reputed doctors. But they have given up as he has an incurable disease called factoids. He cannot digest the truth, he gets diarrhea on hearing the real news.”

CM’s biryani jibe

Rewari: Caretaker Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini at a poll rally in Rewari took a dig at Congress MLA Chiranjeev Rao. “Our candidate Laxman Yadav told me that Rao likes biryani a lot. So give him the address of a biryani shop in writing to enjoy biryani daily after October 8 and leave public issues to be redressed by the BJP MLA,” Saini stated.

Rahul’s dig at BJP

Hisar: Rahul Gandhi never misses an opportunity to target the BJP. As he saw a youth trying to cross a barricade during the Congress rally at Barwala on Thursday, he was at his satirical best: “Be careful. You should not be falling, it is the BJP which needs to be grounded”.

(Contributed by Ravinder Saini, Bhartesh Singh Thakur & Deepender Deswal)