Patna, Oct 26: BJP workers burnt effigies of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge across several states on Monday, demanding he apologise for remarks he made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Patna event a day earlier.
Speaking on stage at a programme in Patna on Sunday, Kharge attacked the Prime Minister and then shouted the line that has now become the centre of a national row.
"Modi Ka Baap Bhi Jayega"
The remark, roughly translated as a claim that even Modi’s father would be defeated, was seized on by the BJP within hours. The party described it as an insult to the late father of the Prime Minister and said it could not be brushed aside as ordinary political rhetoric.
Effigies Burn From Patna to Bengaluru
By Monday, the protest had moved from social media to the streets. BJP units staged demonstrations outside party offices in all states, and the crowds were loud enough to dominate the political conversation for the day.
In Patna, Jammu and Delhi, workers set fire to effigies of Kharge and raised slogans against him. The demonstrations were not confined to the capitals of northern states. In Bengaluru, a large protest was held at Freedom Park, one of the city’s best-known public protest sites, where participants targeted Kharge directly.
The scale of the response shows how quickly a single line from a stage can become a national confrontation. The BJP did not limit its reaction to statements. It turned the anger into visible, coordinated action across the country.
The BJP’s Demands
The party made two clear demands. First, Kharge must apologise for insulting the Prime Minister’s late father. Second, he must resign for making derogatory comments against the Prime Minister.
Those demands leave Congress with little room to treat the matter as a minor slip of the tongue. The BJP is framing it as a question of personal dignity and political conduct at the highest level, and it is pressing the opposition to answer for it.
Ministers Rush to Condemn the Remark
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he was shocked by Kharge’s words. He argued that such remarks could not have come from an ordinary Congress leader, suggesting the comment crossed a line that the party’s own rank and file would not normally cross.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi went further, turning the attack toward Rahul Gandhi. Joshi said the immaturity of Rahul Gandhi was well known to everyone. He added that, in his view, a bad company had spread the same problem to other people in the party. The jab shifted the story from one leader’s remark to a wider charge against the Congress leadership.
Together, the two responses gave the BJP a unified message at the top level: the remark was unacceptable, and it reflected on the wider party.
A Social Media Clip Adds Fuel
A post on X by a user named Rohit added another layer to the row. The post claimed that a Congress supporter present at the event said "Modi Kahi nahi Jaega", and it alleged that Kharge became furious after the supporter’s comment and then attacked the Prime Minister’s late father. The claim circulated widely as protests spread. It is a social media account of events and has not been independently verified in the reporting available.
Where the Story Goes Next
The immediate question is whether Kharge responds with an apology or stands by his remarks. So far, the reports available do not record a direct response from him to the BJP’s demands in the same coverage. Congress will now have to decide whether to defend the words, contextualise them, or distance itself from them.
Political fallout of this kind rarely stays confined to one day. The BJP has organised protests in multiple states, has put a formal demand for apology and resignation on the table, and has tied the remark to the wider leadership of the opposition. Each new statement from either side will be read as a test of how far the row can go.
For now, the facts are clear. A senior opposition leader used a provocative slogan about the Prime Minister’s father on stage. The BJP responded with effigy burnings from Patna to Bengaluru. Two senior union figures publicly condemned the remark, and the party is demanding an apology and resignation. The next move now belongs to Congress.
TL;DR
- Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘Modi Ka Baap Bhi Jayega’ remark in Patna on Sunday triggered nationwide BJP protests on Monday.
- BJP workers burnt Kharge’s effigies in Patna, Jammu and Delhi, and staged a large protest at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park.
- The BJP demands that Kharge apologise for insulting the Prime Minister’s late father and resign from his post.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he was shocked and that an ordinary Congress leader would not have made such remarks.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi blamed Rahul Gandhi’s immaturity and said bad company had spread the problem within the party.
- The row is escalating, and Congress has yet to publicly respond to the apology demand.
