Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged demonstrations across Uttar Pradesh on Monday against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congressmen seem to have lost their minds and are utterly frustrated while remaining out of power for a long time. In the state capital, the ruling party staged a protest and marched from Lalji Tandon’s statue beside Hanuman Mandir in Hazratganj to the Gandhi statue at GPO. “Congress has no base left in the state. The party has already been wiped out. BJP Lucknow district chief Anand Dwivedi led the protest during which party workers carried placards condemning Kharge’s remarks. Agitators also tore pictures of Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, demanding an apology from the Congress and its senior leadership. Mallikarjun Kharge should apologise for his remark. If he does not apologise, BJP workers will continue to protest, they warned. In Agra, the ruling party workers protested at the Atal Chowk. Govind Chahar, the BJP Kisan Morcha office-bearer, led the party workers who burnt a symbolic effigy of the Congress. “The more they abuse PM Narendra Modi, bigger grows our leader in stature. They have now fallen to the level of abusing the PM’s father, which is unacceptable. The BJP workers indulged in intense sloganeering against the Congress. Members of the party’s youth, women’s and SC wings joined the protest and raised slogans. In western UP, the ruling party scaled up its protests across Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly, Budaun and Shahjahanpur, taking to the streets to burn effigies of the Congress president. BJP leaders and workers in both States took out marches and burnt effigies of the Congress leader. Kharge. Before burning his effigy, some protesters slapped it to register their protest. They also carried placards and posters bearing slogans against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Several senior party leaders and office-bearers, including Cooperative Minister Ram Kripal Yadav and MLA and Chief Whip Sanjeev Chaurasia, participated in the protest.
Voters will give a befitting reply to the party in the upcoming assembly polls,” said BJP’s chief state spokesperson Dinesh Pratap Singh. Dwivedi said anti-national forces are trying to divide the country. BJP workers said continuous remarks being made against the PM will not be tolerated. They said the Congress will be answered in the language it understands. BJP workers said unparliamentary language has been used against PM Narendra Modi. The masses are going to give a reply to the Congress,” Chahar said. Jagdish Patel said crossing the boundaries of decency in the name of political opposition is unacceptable. A large crowds of party workers and regional leaders blocked key intersections and staged “Jan Aakrosh” marches. Earlier reporting noted: BJP protests Kharge’s remark on PM’s father in Bihar and Jharkhand The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) units in Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday (October 26, 2026) staged protests against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his controversial remark, “ Modi ka baap bhi jayega ” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), made at a party event in Patna.
Earlier reporting noted: In Patna, hundreds of BJP workers, led by State unit president Sanjay Saraogi, took to the streets and raised slogans against Mr. Earlier reporting noted: The protesters gathered near the State BJP office and marched through the Income Tax roundabout to Dak Bungalow Chauraha, where they burnt an effigy of the Congress president.
In a democracy, the opposition has the right to dissent. However, resorting to indecent language under this guise raises questions about political decorum, he added. The protesters demanded a public apology from the Congress leadership.
