Congress candidate from Chandigarh Manish Tewari on Monday took a dig at the BJP over its claims on nationalism and patriotism.

"No matter what they preach, when it comes to practice, they only practice fake nationalism and patriotism,” he remarked, while asserting that the BJP can never compete with Congress.

“Any parallels will be out of place,” he quipped, while pointing out the number of sacrifices made by the Congress for the country as compared to “zero” by the BJP.

During an informal interaction with mediapersons, on the sidelines of a meeting in Manimajra, Tewari, when asked to comment over BJP’s claims that the country’s stature had risen during the last 10 years, questioned, “What happened along the Line of Control in China?”

He observed that no government in independent India had been as timid and weak-kneed as the Modi-led BJP government while dealing with China. He pointed out China had occupied 26 patrolling points in the Indian-controlled territory.