Jaitley rakes up Sonia's Italian origin to counter 'outsider' barb

March 23, 2014 18:21

BJP leader Arun Jaitley today hit back at his rival Amarinder Singh for dubbing him an 'outsider' in Amritsar, asking the Congress leader which state his party chief Sonia Gandhi belongs to.

"Despite my ancestral roots in Punjab, Captain Sahib (Amarider) called me an 'outsider' and a 'pseudo' Punjabi. Will he be kind enough to tell me which state in India does (Congress President) Mrs Sonia Gandhi belong to?

"Regrettably, he is resorting to his old USP -- lower the level of debate through personalised and discourteous language.... I have to resist the temptation of reciprocating in the same manner. However, a polite response is necessary," Jaitley wrote on his website.

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