"Be Civil, Respectful": Congress On BJP's "Rahul Gandhi Drug Addict" Jibe

This comes after Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel called Rahul Gandhi, a "drug addict", and claimed "it (proof of his allegations) has appeared in news reports"

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar - who yesterday expressed regret for his party's "uncivil" tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi - has hit back at the BJP after his counterpart levelled drug use allegations against Kerala MP Rahul Gandhi. Yesterday I said I believe we should be civil and respectful in politics, even to our opponents. I hope the BJP agrees with me, and will apologise for their state president's abusive and unparliamentary remarks against Shri Rahul Gandhi.@RahulGandhi I have always believed that civil and parliamentary language is a non-negotiable pre-requisite for political discourse. An uncivil tweet made by a novice social media manager through the Karnataka Congress official Twitter handle is regretted and stands withdrawn.

Mr Shivakumar reminded the BJP that he had apologised for his party's unfortunate tweet - which he attributed to a "novice social media manager" - and called on the ruling party to reciprocate.

"Yesterday I said I believe we should be civil and respectful in politics, even to our opponents. I hope the BJP agrees with me, and will apologise for their state president's abusive and unparliamentary remarks against Rahul Gandhi," Mr Shivakumar said Wednesday morning.