The BJP flayed the Congress on Friday over its leaders paying tributes to Sitaram Kesri on his death anniversary, alleging that they are "pretending" to show respect for the former party president just to "fool" people, with an eye on the upcoming Bihar polls.

Congress leaders, including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, paid tributes to Kesri on his 25th death anniversary on Friday at the party's 24, Akbar Road headquarters here. It was the same place from where Kesri was removed as the party president by the Congress Working Committee to pave the way for Sonia Gandhi to take over the reins of the organisation in 1998.

Reacting sharply, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, "Time is a true leveller." "Once upon a time, at instr

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