Varanasi: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers burnt the effigies of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge at the district headquarters on Monday over Kharge’s alleged derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s father.
They said criticism of govt policies is democratic, but personal insults cannot be justified. Addressing a gathering at Bapu Sabhagar in Patna, Kharge was interrupted by a young member of the audience who shouted “Modi nahin jayega (Modi will not go)”. The Congress chief shot back, saying, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega (Modi’s father, too, will have to go)”. Earlier reporting noted: BJP protests Kharge’s remark on PM’s father in Bihar and Jharkhand The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) units in Bihar and Jharkhand on Monday (October 26, 2026) staged protests against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his controversial remark, “ Modi ka baap bhi jayega ” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), made at a party event in Patna.
Party leaders accused the Congress of crossing political limits and demanded a public apology. They warned that protests would continue from the streets to Parliament if Congress failed to maintain dignity in public discourse and debate. The youth was removed from the venue by the organisers of the function. BJP leaders and workers in both States took out marches and burnt effigies of the Congress leader. Kharge. Before burning his effigy, some protesters slapped it to register their protest. They also carried placards and posters bearing slogans against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Several senior party leaders and office-bearers, including Cooperative Minister Ram Kripal Yadav and MLA and Chief Whip Sanjeev Chaurasia, participated in the protest.
Earlier reporting noted: In Patna, hundreds of BJP workers, led by State unit president Sanjay Saraogi, took to the streets and raised slogans against Mr. Earlier reporting noted: The protesters gathered near the State BJP office and marched through the Income Tax roundabout to Dak Bungalow Chauraha, where they burnt an effigy of the Congress president.