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BJP sets Monday protests over Kharge Modi remark
The Hindu BusinessLine·
The BJP said it will hold nationwide protests on Monday at state headquarters against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kharge spoke in Patna at an event for Bihar's first chief minister Shrikrishna Singh. He replied to an audience shout that Modi would not go anywhere. The party called the comments insulting toward Modi's late father.
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What It Means For You
- BJP units plan demonstrations across state headquarters on the Monday named in the party statement.
- The dispute began at a Patna political event and quickly moved into a police complaint track.
- A BJP worker's complaint asked Kharge to apologise within 24 hours.
What's Happening
- Kharge's line, reported as Modi ka baap bhi jayega, followed an audience claim that Modi would not leave office without rebellion.
- The BJP statement framed the words as targeting the prime minister's late father.
- The Patna programme marked Shrikrishna Singh's birth anniversary.
Where The Remark Landed
- Kharge was also speaking about sending people linked to SIR irregularities to jail when the audience interruption came.
- A BJP worker filed a Kotwali police station complaint that was set to move to Gandhi Maidan police station jurisdiction.
- The party protest call followed the Sunday Patna exchange by one day on the BJP's own calendar.
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