New Delhi, March 14 -- BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Saturday launched a sharp attack against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing the party of "insulting Kanshi Ram and Ambedkar" after the latter accused the BJP of denouncing the social reformers.

Yesterday, Gandhi attended the birth anniversary programme of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram in Lucknow and said, "When Kanshiram ji used to travel across Uttar Pradesh at night, he would carry a pen with him...but now the BJP has separated the pen from its cap. They have cast the cap aside--who knows where--and are now wandering around carrying only the pen itself."

Responding to his remarks, Poonawalla questioned whether former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wo...