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BJP plans nationwide protest on October 26 over Kharge remark
The Hindu·
The BJP will hold demonstrations on Monday at state headquarters after Mallikarjun Kharge's Patna remarks on Sunday. Kharge told a youth shouting that Modi would not go that Modi ka baap bhi jayega. Amit Shah said Kharge tore apart norms of decorum. Bihar BJP will march and burn effigies in Patna over comments toward Narendra Modi's late father.
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What It Means For You
- BJP workers plan protests at state headquarters on Monday, which may affect traffic near party offices.
- Patna will see a march from BJP headquarters and effigy burning over Kharge's comment.
- Congress continues its Patna event series marking Bihar's first chief minister's birth anniversary.
What's Happening
- Kharge spoke at Bapu Sabhagar in Patna on Sunday during a function for Shri Krishna Sinha.
- A young audience member was removed after shouting that Modi would not go.
- Shah linked the remark to what he called repeated personal attacks on Modi and his family.
Patna Rally and SIR Debate
- The remark came as Kharge also demanded rollback of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- He described protests against the exercise as a "second war for independence" over voting rights.
- BJP leaders Nitin Nabin and Dharmendra Pradhan joined Shah at an organisational meeting on Sunday.
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