AAP's "Mohabbat Ki Dukaan" Jab At Rahul Gandhi Amid Face-off With Congress

It's a painful job -- to leave seats for others, even your competitors -- AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said, adding that it requires a big heart.

The Aam Aadmi Party, after heated exchanges with the Congress at the recent Opposition meeting in Patna, has appealed to Rahul Gandhi to show a big heart.

Referring to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's 'mohabbat ki dukaan', senior AAP leader and Delhi's Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said he likes the 'dialogue' which Mr Gandhi often repeats, "main nafrat ke bazaar me mohabbat ki dukaan khol kar baitha hoon (I have opened a shop of love in the market of hatred)".

"Sir, we believe there is a nafrat ka bazaar (market of hatred), but you should also give love there. If Opposition parties have come to you asking for love, and you say you don't have it, then it raises questions on your mohabbat ki dukaan," he said.

Mr Bharadwaj also had cautionary advice for the grand old party on public perception. He said being egoistic is fine, but there's a threshold beyond which people and other parties will start feeling that the new government after regime change is high on ego.