Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi: Patna Rally Remark Sparks BJP Outrage, Amit Shah Reacts

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge looked rather annoyed during a speech in Patna, Bihar on Sunday when someone in the audience remarked that PM Modi would not be leaving office. Kharge retorted "Modi ka baap bhi jayega".

This was at the 139th birth anniversary of Dr Shri Krishna Singh. Kharge went on to criticise Modi for not honouring his promise to bring back the black money and took aim at the RSS, stating that the country would never have peace as long as the RSS ideology was in the country.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi | BJP Leaders Criticises Over Indecent Remark Against Modi’s Late Father

Kharge black money remark: BJP leaders were very critical of his comments. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress chief had gone too far by making an "indecent remark" about the PM's late father. Kharge also took issue with Modi for lying and questioned the PM's promise to bring back the black money in the first 100 days of his government. He pointed out that Modi regularly makes false statements and asked what had become of the black money that was promised.

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The Congress president also took aim at the RSS, accusing it of being engaged in communal activities from the very start and stating that its ideology is fundamentally at odds with peace. In his speech he said the RSS's ideology is the root of communalism and that peace will be impossible to achieve so long as the organisation has any influence in the country.

Kharge Patna Rally Remark | Aims Even At CM Nitish Kumar for Joining BJP Led NDA

Kharge also took aim at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for joining the BJP led NDA. He said that was a complete betrayal of the socialist values that Nitish Kumar had at the outset of his political career. These comments were part of Kharge's wider criticism of the BJP and RSS who he said were doing everything they could to erode constitutional values and social equality.

Kharge Modi Controversy | Congress President Speaks on Shuddhikaran

Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi: Kharge also spoke about a shuddhikaran (purification) rite which was carried out in Haldwani, Uttarakhand following a Congress rally. He said it was a stark reminder that untouchability still exists many decades after Independence. On August 8th 2026, members of a right-wing group reportedly carried out the rite (shuddhikaran) at a stage adjacent to a temple at the Ramlila Ground following a Congress rally. Congress leaders were very critical of the incident, describing it as untouchability. Kharge asked "Eighty years after Independence how can we have unity if untouchability still exists?"

He connected this to his criticism of the RSS and the BJP, stating that the practice of untouchability is contrary to the values of the constitution and to the idea of a united society.

Kharge Targets PM Modi | BJP Leaders Accuse Congress of Losing All Sense of Political Decorum

Mallikarjun Kharge Comment on PM Modi: BJP leaders were equally incensed by Kharge's comments and accused the Congress of having lost all sense of political decorum and of launching personal attacks on Modi and his family.

In a post on X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Congress president had gone well beyond the bounds of propriety in his comment about the PM's late father. Shah said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge went well beyond the bounds of propriety in Patna by making an obscene comment about Modi ji's father.

He said the Congress had on numerous occasions used quite objectionable language against Modi and his family, referring to the remarks made about the PM's late mother, calling him a "merchant of death" and using the term "chaiwala" to ridicule his origins.

Amit Shah Reacts to Kharge, Says Congress is Fed Up After 12 Years of Electoral Defeats

Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi: Shah also said the Congress was fed up after 12 years of electoral defeats. According to him, the party was losing ground with the public and its own members, and the public had, in turn, responded to the comments about Modi and his family by voting against the Congress. JP leader Nitin Nabin also took issue with Kharge's comments, calling them "indecent and unparliamentary" and stating that the Congress had no political decorum.

Nabin on X said the opposition had to have some boundaries. He referred to Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders speaking about their deceased family members. He also noted that while Kharge's statement was a personal one, it did reveal a lack of decorum in the Congress party.

Nabin also said the opposition resorted to personal attacks as they had nothing of substance to say about development, policy or the welfare of the people. He said the voters were watching and would react at the right time.

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Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took aim at Kharge too, saying the Congress was being openly hostile to Modi by resorting to personal attacks. That in itself was further proof of the party's dwindling credibility and its own frustration. He said the Congress president had a duty to maintain democratic values and public decency.

Pradhan referred to the earlier comments (regarding the PM's mother) and asked if the Congress had run out of arguments to challenge the PM.

Pradhan says the increasing public support for the PM has only served to increase the frustration of the Congress. He went on to say that people's trust in Modi is greater than the Congress' resentment.

He also said that in so far as you insult the democratic mandate, you will not be able to win the support of the people. Congress leader Husain Dalwai backed Kharge's criticism, saying it was a reflection of the anxieties that the government has generated over the past 12-13 years.

Government Made Several Mistakes, Caused Lot of Suffering, Says Dalwai

In Mumbai, Dalwai said the government had made a number of mistakes and had caused a lot of suffering. He said these were issues the President would be thinking about. He said that if the Congress is in power in 2029, they will be answerable for everything they have done in office including the alleged irregularities and the foreign policy blunders. Makes.

He said that if Congress comes to power in 2029, they will go through all the blunders of the current government, including the irregularities and the foreign policy blunders which have caused us problems. He also said he agreed with all of Kharge's criticism.

The exchange has given rise to a fresh political spat between the BJP and the Congress. BJP leaders have been scathing in their response to Kharge's comment about Modi's late father, while a Congress leader has defended the wider criticism of the government.

BJP MP Sambit Patra Comments on Kharge’s Remark

Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi: BJP MP Sambit Patra took issue with Kharge's comment as well, suggesting the Congress leadership was simply frustrated that they couldn't unseat the BJP. He also took issue with Rahul Gandhi's leadership, with the implication being that even Congress workers thought the party couldn't come back to power under him.

Patra was clearly put out by Kharge's comment about the PM's late father and took issue with the language that political leaders use. He also stated that it was Rahul Gandhi and not Kharge who was the real leader of the Congress.

Patra called it absolutely reprehensible. Every single worker in the Congress Party knows the truth. Rahul Gandhi is the President. He's merely put Kharge ji in the position of President. Rahul Gandhi is the real President. Patra went on to say that as long as this non-functioning leader remains in charge, the Congress Party has no future at all.

In Bihar the CM Samrat Choudhary has also taken issue with Kharge's comments and has asked both the Congress president and Rahul Gandhi to issue an apology.

Choudhary said the comment was an act of hostility towards Modi and his family within the Congress. He described it as "highly condemnable", a serious offence and said the Congress leadership should issue an apology.

Congress MP Pawan Khera Supports Kharge

Congress MP Pawan Khera backed Mallikarjun Kharge and went on to accuse the BJP and RSS of repeatedly disrespecting the Congress president. He referred to the purification ritual following a Congress rally in Haldwani, Uttarakhand and said it was done because Kharge is a Dalit.

Khera said a BJP worker cut Kharge off mid-speech in Patna by stating that PM Modi would never leave office, to which Kharge responded. Khera said that Modi and Amit Shah were behind the constant disrespect towards Kharge. He added that the country is watching and will not allow this to go unchallenged.

Kharge vs Modi | Congress Leader Bhupesh Baghel Backs Kharge’s Anti-Modi Remark

Mallikarjun Kharge on Modi: Leader Bhupesh Baghel also came to Kharge's defence, saying the remark had to be understood in the context of the exchange that took place in Patna. He asked why the BJP was objecting to Kharge's language when PM Modi himself had made a number of offensive remarks in the past. He referred to remarks attributed to Modi about a "50 crore girlfriend", Jersey cows and the Congress taking away women's mangalsutras. Baghel asked why the BJP leaders didn't object to such remarks.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan took issue with Kharge's comment about PM Modi's late father and termed it unfortunate that such a remark should have been made in Bihar. On X he said political differences are perfectly natural in a democracy but that there is a need to maintain the dignity of office and that one's public language has to be within bounds. Political opposition should be on the basis of facts and arguments and not personal comments.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath Takes Kharge Comment Seriously, Calls it Deeply Objectionable

U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath also took issue with Kharge's comment on Modi's late father, calling it 'unacceptable and deeply objectionable'. He said it was an affront to the feelings of the Indian people and to the very idea of democratic politics. He went on to accuse the Congress of 'frustration and ideological bankruptcy' and called for the party to take stringent action against its president and issue a formal apology to the nation.

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