New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Friday hit back at Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of the Election Commission's interim order freezing the name and symbol of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), saying the Raebareli MP's remarks showed that he "knows nothing about his own party".

Addressing the press conference in the national capital, Trivedi responded to Gandhi's allegation that the BJP and Election Commission were acting together to split opposition parties, after the poll panel barred rival TMC factions from using the party's name and reserved symbol in the upcoming West Bengal bypolls. The ECI has asked the two factions to submit alternati...