RSS workers came wearing burqas at Modi's Goa rally: Congress

Panaji: RSS workers wearing burqas were present at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's public rally in Goa on Sunday, the Congress alleged on Monday.

Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Babu Azgaonkar said, "RSS workers were given burqas specially tailored and they were seated at the rally to make it appear that minority community members were attending in large number."

He also named two BJP party leaders who Azgaonkar said were responsible for tailoring nearly 5,000 burqas for the meeting.

Over one lakh people, an unprecedented number in Goa, attended the Modi public meeting held on the outskirts of Panaji on Sunday.