Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a fierce criticism of the Congress party on Wednesday, alleging that its leadership was involved in taking land from farmers.

Speaking at a rally in Haryana’s Pehowa, Mr Singh referred to Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, and said, “It is their ‘damaad ji’ (son-in-law) who took the land of farmers. It was not some relative of the BJP who did that.”

Mr Singh accused the Congress of making false promises and not delivering on them. “They make promises and mislead the public, and then those promises are never fulfilled. They should not make promises that they cannot keep,” he said.

Speaking on the alliance between Congress and the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Singh mentioned their promise to reinstate Article 370. “Congress and NC have formed an alliance and say that they will bring back Article 370.