New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the "anarchic" situation in Delhi but refrained from supporting chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's agitation.

In a deft balancing act, Rahul tweeted: "Delhi CM, sitting in dharna at LG office. BJP sitting in dharna at CM residence. Delhi bureaucrats addressing press conferences. PM turns a blind eye to the anarchy; rather nudges chaos & disorder. People of Delhi are the victims, as this drama plays out." (The BJP is sitting at the chief minister's office, not his residence.)

While the Prime Minister was Rahul's main target, as has been the case in any controversy in the past four years, Rahul avoided dropping any hint of support to Kejriwal's position. The Congress leader suggested that the tussle was a "drama" and the anarchic situation had been originally created by Kejriwal, which the Prime Minister chose not to address.

The Congress has consistently blamed both the players - the Centre and the AAP - for the chaos, running the risk of antagonising other Opposition parties who have expressed solidarity with Kejriwal.

While the chief ministers of Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka took up the cause of Delhi with the Prime Minister, describing the deadlock as an assault on federalism, the Congress has dismissed this as an orchestrated drama that reflects the competitive irresponsibility of both the BJP and the AAP.

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said: "The selfish attitude of both the BJP and the AAP ruined Delhi."

Maken went on a tweeting spree, posting photographs of Kejriwal with Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Baba Ramdev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Kiran Bedi in an attempt to substantiate his charge about an AAP nexus with RSS.

Kejriwal had tweeted: " Hum aa gaye hain aaj sadak par loktantra ke talash mein/Jab baithi ho tanashahi Pradhan Mantri niwas mein (We are on the streets in search of democracy/when dictatorship occupies the residence of the Prime Minister)."

Maken countered him through by re-tweeting a supporter who contended that Kejriwal had hit the streets to save Modi's sinking ship.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera wrote an article questioning a section of intellectuals who were condemning the Congress for not supporting Kejriwal who tendered apologies to several BJP leaders but not to the bureaucracy after the Delhi chief secretary was allegedly assaulted at midnight.