The Congress party on Thursday appeared to be in a damage control mode after the BJP attacked the Opposition party for its leader Digvijaya Singh thanking Germany for “taking note” of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.

Singh thanked the German foreign ministry and Richard Walker, Chief International Editor of Deutsche Welle for “taking note of how Democracy is being compromised in India through the persecution of Rahul Gandhi”. He also tagged a tweet and a video posted by Walker on the German foreign ministry reaction to Gandhi’s disqualification.