The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi of allegedly "manhandling" a female journalist during the INDIA Bloc's march a day earlier, while the Congress hit back claiming that the BJP was "scripting narratives" after being unable to counter the allegations regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. 

BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari, who met the pregnant journalist after she was admitted at a hospital, told reporters, "She told us how Rahul Gandhi shoved and pushed her to the ground. She was not even asking them questions, just covering the protest."