With reference to Gandhi's address at a campaign rally in Hubballi on May 6, the Congress on the same day, attributing to Sonia Gandhi tweeted that the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson "sends a strong message to 6.5 crore Kannadigas".
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Monday, lashed out against the grand old party over former Congress president MP Sonia Gandhi's 'sovereignty' remark calling it a result of the party's "mental bankruptcy".