Bengaluru, Nov. 12 -- Karnataka Congress President BK Hariprasad on Thursday criticised the BJP over its reaction to Sonia Gandhi's memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, saying the party should step out of their "Mussolini-like fascist mindset".

Hariprasad said the book documents how the Congress was strengthened through a long period of struggle in Indian history and the challenges it faced during that time.

"The BJP and RSS should step out of Mussolini's fascist mindset. Sonia Gandhi ji wrote a book. This book is about how Congress was strengthened during a long period of struggle in Indian history. It shows how they faced every difficulty and made Congress stronger," he said.

He also referred to the period between 1999 and 2004, all...