BJP Protests in Bengaluru, Delhi, Lucknow Over Kharge's Remarks Against PM ModiBharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers staged nationwide demonstrations across Bengaluru, Delhi, and Lucknow protesting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In Bengaluru, BJP leaders including R.
Ashok and Chalavadi Narayanaswamy held a dharna at Freedom Park, demanding an unconditional public apology from the Congress chief. Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh criticised the Congress leadership, stating such remarks demean high constitutional posts and undermine political discourse.
In Delhi, party cadres gathered near Kharge's residence at Rajaji Marg carrying placards and shouting slogans, prompting enhanced security barricading. Protests also erupted in Lucknow, where local BJP functionaries accused the Congress of repeatedly insulting the Prime Minister's family and insisted on public apologies from Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.