"I am constrained to declare that the Congress has become ' dramebaaz party number one'... Rahul Gandhi should do his homework. He should realise that Indian politics is a serious business," Prasad said, appearing to play down backward leader Alpesh Thakore's formal entry into the Congress. Prasad's media conference came on a day Alpesh joined the Congress at Rahul's rally as part of the Opposition party's strategy to take on the long-ruling BJP. "Rahul is claiming that a big leader (Alpesh) has joined the Congress. The minister also trashed Hardik aide Narendra Patel's allegation that the BJP had offered him Rs 1 crore to join the party.

Source: The Telegraph October 23, 2017 21:45 UTC