Congress launches 'Nation's Challenge' attack after PM Modi accepts Virat Kohli's fitness challenge

After making a show of strength at the swearing-in of HD Kumaraswamy as Karnataka's Chief Minister, the Opposition has come together once again on Thursday, this time, to politicise the Prime Minister accepting Team India skipper Virat Kohli's fitness challenge.

Mere minutes after Tejashwi Yadav issued a challenge of his own to PM Modi, the Congress party's media in-charge and Rahul Gandhi's key aide Randeep Surjewala has tweeted his own attack where he has made a challenge.

Surjewala has written:

"Modiji is 'Maun' as fuel prices increase for 11th day in a row.

His Union Minister threatens- if fuel prices fall, so will, welfare spending.

Will PM Modi accept the Nation's challenge to utilise the 10 Lakh crore looted through Central Excise in 4 years to reduce fuel prices?"

With fuel prices at historic highs, the Congress has heaped pressure on the government by citing how in the UPA's time the global crude prices were much higher but as they are about a half of that at the moment, the government can give relief of up to Rs 25 per litre of Petrol to the end consumer. 

Congress president Rahul Gandhi undertook a cycle rally in Kolar towards the end of campaigning in the Karnataka elections over the high fuel prices.

Earlier, Rahul-ally and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav had used the #FitnessChallenge to attack the Prime Minister over a number of other issues that the Opposition has been highlighting. He urged the PM to accept his challenge:

The original matter that has been politicised was the PM accepting the following challenge from Virat Kohli:

The originator of the #FitnessChallenge is Union MoS Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who tweeted the following: