"The perpetual tourist Rahul Gandhi came to Gujarat but the people of Gujarat are asking - where are our (Congress) MLAs in this crucial time? "We are working but Congress MLAs of the area are at resort in Bengaluru, maybe it was protest against it. Like every visiting leader, Rahul Gandhi was offered a bullet-proof car by state government but he chose to travel by a normal vehicle." Anand Sharma, another Congress leader, said: "The BJP's refusal to condemn the incident shows we are dealing with galloping fascism, open and in all its ugliness." Ghulam Nabi Azad said: "This was a well organised attack on Rahul Gandhi to harm him physically.

Source: The Telegraph August 04, 2017 21:11 UTC