'Shameful, arrogant': Raghav Chadha slams Kharge's 'baap' remark for PM Modi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah criticized Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday for using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his family during an event in Patna. Shah accused the opposition party of repeatedly resorting to derogatory remarks against Modi and his lineage. Kharge had made the remark about Modi's father during a gathering in Bihar, which Shah deemed to have crossed all limits of decency.

This is not the first instance of the Congress employing abusive language against Modi or his family; they have also disparaged his revered mother, called him a 'merchant of death', and mocked his poverty by referring to him as a 'chaiwala'. Shah also alleged that the Congress, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, was increasingly violating norms of decorum.

He attributed the party's conduct to frustration stemming from successive electoral losses over the past 12 years. The controversy arose after Kharge made the remark at a function commemorating the birth anniversary of former Bihar chief minister Dr. Shri Krishna Singh. When a member of the audience reportedly exclaimed that Modi would not go anywhere, Kharge responded with "Modi ka baap bhi jayega".

Union Minister Annapurna Devi and the Goa BJP also condemned Kharge's remarks, accusing the Congress of lowering the quality of political discourse.