Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi for comparing Karnataka political turmoil with Pakistan.

Swamy said that comparing the situation with the third rate country is an insult. Karnataka is in our hand, that's why they are scared. They have lost their balance," he said. Earlier, addressing Jan Swaraj Sammelan in Raipur, Rahul said the way the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is capturing the independent institutions of the country, resembles Pakistan. He (Rahul Gandhi) can attack Modi, BJP, and anyone he likes, but he can't attack the country. Country is something very precious. Comparing it with third rate country like Pakistan is an insult. Does he have any sense? I think he should go and have mental checkup," he added. One by one, the RSS has captured the independent institutions of the country. Such things happen in Pakistan or in a dictatorship," Rahul said.