The Congress has drawn sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after party president Mallikarjun Kharge made a remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event in Bihar, on Sunday.
The BJP accused Kharge of violating political decorum and said the language used by the senior leader resembled that of a “mafia gang”.
Other BJP leaders also targeted the Congress chief.
“In the past 12 years, the repeated electoral defeats have bred such desperation and frustration in the Congress party that it no longer has any policy left, nor any issue—only the politics of slander remains,” he said. The BJP also issued a statement on X accusing the Congress of using language associated with “thugs and hooligans”. It described the party’s style of functioning as that of a “mafia gang”. Earlier reporting noted: Kharge’s ‘baap’ remark targeting PM Modi draws BJP backlash, Amit Shah hits out at Congress The BJP has criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his “baap” remark directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event in Bihar’s Patna on Sunday. Union home minister Amit Shah accused the Congress of crossing all limits of political decorum by “targeting Modi ji’s father”. Earlier reporting noted: Kharge was attending the 139th birth anniversary celebration of Bihar’s first chief minister, Shri Krishna Singh, when a person in the audience heckled, “ Modi kahin nahin jayega ” (Modi will not go anywhere).
Earlier reporting noted: Amit Shah attacks Congress over Kharge’s remark Amit Shah attacks Congress over Kharge’s remark
Union home minister Amit Shah criticised Kharge, saying his remark about Modi’s father crossed the limits of decency. He also accused the Congress of repeatedly using abusive language against the Prime Minister and his family. Kharge made the remark while addressing an event marking the 139th birth anniversary of Bihar’s first chief minister, Shri Krishna Singh, in Patna.
“Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has today torn apart all norms of decorum by making an indecent remark about Modi ji’s father in Patna,” Shah said in a post in Hindi on X. He cited previous remarks targeting Modi, including references to his mother, the phrase “maut ka saudagar” (merchant of death) and “chaiwala” (teaseller). Shah said the Congress was crossing the limits of decency under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership. When a voice from the audience said that Modi would not go anywhere, Kharge responded, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” (Even Modi’s father will go).
