BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan compared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda minister of Adolf Hitler. He said, "Rahul Gandhi is the deceptive and dishonest Goebbels of Indian politics." He added, "Rahul Gandhi is indulging in this malicious Goebbels-like bogus propaganda because he...knows that the two crore voters of Haryana have decided to repose their faith in...BJP."