Rahul Gandhi is liar of the year: BJP

BJP on Friday slammed Rahul Gandhi for his claim that National Population Register is a "tax" on poor and said he is "liar of year" for his comments which have "embarrassed" people and his Congress party.

Senior BJP leer and Union minister Prakash Javekar accused Congress of trying to fan instability in country but asserted that people are with government on new citizenship law and NPR.

NPR does t involve any monetary transaction and its data is used to identify poor so that government welfare schemes could reach targeted people, he said.

A similar exercise was undertaken in 2010 as well, he said.

"When Rahul Gandhi was Congress president, he would say anything and speak lie all time. w he is longer president but continues to speak lies. If re were a category of liar of year, he would be its recipient. His comments used to embarrass his family. His lies w embarrass his party and entire country," Javekar told reporters.