India, Nov. 1 -- In a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had earlier claimed that 10 lakh people were expected to attend the INDIA bloc's rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday claimed that 40% of the venue was vacant.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that apart from Gandhi, other top Congress leaders like KC Venugopal and Pawan Khera had claimed that 10 lakh people would participate in the rally, but only a handful turned up.

Patra made the remarks at a press conference in Delhi, where he shared visuals from the rally to back his claim that nearly half of the venue was empty.

"You can see in the background that 40 per cent of Ramlila Maidan, 40 per cent of the space, was vacant. Rahul Gan...