BJP holds nationwide protests over Kharge's remarks against PM Modi, demands apology
- On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party staged a protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, with police detaining senior leaders including Leader of Opposition R Ashoka as demonstrators attempted to march toward Vidhana Soudha.
- Kharge sparked controversy on Sunday in Patna during the 139th birth anniversary celebration of Bihar's first Chief Minister, Shrikrishna Singh, by stating, "Modi ka baap bhi jayega" in response to an audience member's comment about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Nationwide demonstrations followed, with BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi leading a 'Jan Akrosh March' in Patna that burned an effigy of Kharge; in Ranchi, state president Aditya Sahu and Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi marched to the Congress office raising slogans against the Prime Minister.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticized the remarks as abusive, while Saharanpur Congress MP Imran Masood defended Kharge, as the BJP intensified demands for an apology from Kharge and Leader of Opposition Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
- BJP state president Saraogi stated, "Yesterday, all limits were crossed when the platform to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shrikrishna Singh, the architect of modern Bihar, was used to make abusive remarks about the late father of the Prime Minister." Sahu added that the comments created nationwide furore among party workers.
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BJP leaders and workers taken into custody during protest against Mallikarjun Kharge in Bengaluru
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