With Rahul Gandhi silent, Jignesh Mevani and Divya Spandana issue their own counter-dares to the Prime Minister

Jignesh Mevani has attempted to shield Rahul Gandhi over the Prime Minister's challenge to the Congress president to speak for 15 minutes about his government's achievements in Karnataka without referring to any papers. 

Taking to Twitter, the independent MLA from Gujarat's Vadgam has issued a counter-challenge to PM Modi.

He's written: 

"It's my challenge to Mr. Modi- can he continuosly speak for just four minutes as to what he has done on the following four issues in last four years : (1) 2 crore jobs, (2) farmers commiting suicide, (3) attacks on dalits , minorities and women(4) inflation..."

Mevani's retort comes almost 30 hours after PM Modi issued his challenge to Rahul Gandhi while addressing a campaign rally in Mysuru. The Congress president's Twitter handle, normally quick to tweet attacks, has been silent since 10:23 am on Tuesday. 

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Congress party social media in-charge and key Rahul Gandhi aide Divya Spandana offered something resembling a response by tweeting a stitched together video of Rahul Gandhi seeking a 15-minute debate in Parliament with the Prime Minister:

The next session of Parliament will be the Monsoon session which is likely to begin in the middle of July by which time the next Karnataka legislative assembly will have been in place for almost 2 months.

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Divya Spandana also issued her own counter-challenge to the Prime Minister:

Meanwhile, here's Rahul Gandhi's most recent tweet at the time of publishing this article:

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal, whom Rahul Gandhi had accused, had fired back on Tuesday, launching a stinging attack along the lines of the Prime Minister's Kaamdaar (one who works) vs Naamdaar (dynast) remark.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah had also shielded Rahul Gandhi by counter-daring the Prime Minister:

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