Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress, alleging that its state leadership was "arrogantly self-obsessed and reeling under falsely augmented ego that has cost the party dear".
He further alleged the state Congress leadership is a "slave of its own haughtiness and has disseminated a culture of dissent within the party where leaders are treated dismally and given a raw deal".
The BJP leader's statement came hours after former Congress MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Jakhar said it appears that the Congress leadership in the state was working towards an agenda of 'Congress Mukt Punjab'.
"Consider the case of former Congress MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy, who left the Congress to join the AAP today. He has the potential. Punjab needs such leaders, but the Congress state leadership couldn't care less about all this," he said.
Jakhar said that Goldy had to face "derogatory and unparliamentary" language from the state leadership after his exit.
"In the loud-mouth culture of the Punjab Congress, Dalvir Goldy was an earnest, hardworking and soft spoken leader battling a self-obsessed egoistic state leadership," he said.
The Punjab BJP chief also cited the case of the wife of late former Congress MP Santok Singh Choudhary while underlining the culture of "shabby" treatment meted out to party leaders by the Congress.