RaGa replies on jacket row, terms it a gift

Shillong: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today said that British brand Burberry's jacket which he wore last night to beat the chilling cold was “gifted” to him.Mr Gandhi clarified after he was criticized by the Meghalaya’s BJP for wearing a British brand Burberry's catalogue with the price - nearly thousand dollars or roughly Rs 63,400 at ‘Celebration of Peace’ concert in poll-bound Meghalaya last evening.

So @OfficeOfRG soot(pun intended!)-boot ki sarkar with ‘black’ money fleeced from Meghalayan State exchequer by rampant corruption? Instead of singing away our woes, you could have given a report card of your inefficient govt in Meghalaya! Your indifference mocks us!” Meghalaya BJP tweeted.