India, March 21 -- The BJP came down heavily on Congress MP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for his remarks on the Uttam Nagar incident in which a Hindu man named Tarun was killed during the Holi celebrations.

Guru Prakash Paswan, BJP's national spokesperson, lashed out at Gandhi in a press conference, saying the Congress leader and his party always choose "minority appeasement" over social justice.

Paswan was reacting to the comments made by Gandhi on his X account on March 19, slamming BJP of creating a communal for their own benefits. Gadhi had written: "The people of Uttam Nagar have paid a heavy price for violence - on one hand, a young man, Tarun, has lost his life; on the other, an entire family is ...