Responding to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s accusation of giving biscuits from a dog’s plate to the party leader during the Indian New Year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he did not understand the controversy behind the act as he would The biscuit was given to the dog’s owner. The dog was nervous and scared.

“I called the dog and its owner. The dog was nervous and shaking. When I tried to feed it, the dog got scared. So I gave the biscuit to the owner and the dog ate the biscuit from his hand. I Don’t understand what’s wrong with this,” Rahul Gandhi said after the video shared by the BJP’s IT cell went viral.

“The person I handed the biscuits to was not a Congress worker. I don’t understand the BJP’s obsession with dogs,” he clarified.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and party IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Monday night shared a video of Rahul Gandhi during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra ” During which the Congress leader was served biscuits from a dog’s plate.

Malviya shared the video on Gandhi was feeding biscuits to a dog during his visit and when the dog refused to eat, he gave the same biscuits to his workers. If the president and the crown prince of a political party treat party workers like dogs, then the party will disappear.”

Another BJP leader Pallavi CT called the Gandhi scion “shameless” as he recalled former Congress leader and current Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sar The day Himanta Biswa Sarma was “forced to eat” biscuits “from the same plate as Rahul Gandhi’s pet dog Pidi.”

“Now, Sheikhzada (Prince) gave a biscuit that was rejected by the dog to a party member. Is this how they respect party workers, supporters and voters?” She asked X,

Responding to her post, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Pallavi ji, not just Rahul Gandhi but the entire family can’t let me eat that cookie . I am a proud Assamese and Indian. I refused to eat and resigned from the Congress.”

“This great old party has a wonderful culture. This is the real Congress,” said BJP leader Harish Khurana. The Congress is yet to respond to the latest controversy.