00:00A political slugfest has erupted after Congress Chief Malik Arjun Khadgi's abusive retort
00:06targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's father.
00:08He made the remarks at an address in Patna.
00:11The BJP has since launched a fierce counter-attack
00:14accusing Khadgi of lowering political discourse
00:17while Congress leaders have pushed back as well.
00:20Here's a report.
00:39An abusive political speech in Patna has exploded into a political storm.
00:53In Patna, Congress Chief Malik Arjun Khadgi was predicting Modi's ouster from power.
00:59He lost no time hitting back when a man from the audience said
01:02Narendra Modi would not go anywhere.
01:13Khadgi's retort,
01:16The abuse of Rand sparked a political storm.
01:43The man who spoke up for Modi was beaten by Congress workers after the event.
01:57The backlash from the BJP was instantaneous and very combative.
02:01The ruling BJP went all guns blazing
02:04accusing the Congress Chief of hitting a new low in Indian political discourse.
02:12Home Minister Amit Shah came out all guns blazing, slamming Khadgi directly.
02:18Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the Congress Chief,
02:21stating that Khadgi has shattered all norms of political decency.
02:27BJP Chief Nitin Nabeen has also fronted the counter-offensive,
02:31strongly condemning the remarks.
02:32Aadha BJP Netas also hit out at Khadgi.
03:01Khadgi Ji,
03:27But the Congress remains defiant.
03:57B.J.P.
04:05B.J.P.
04:28And this isn't Khadgi's first brush with controversy over his choice of words against the Prime Minister.
04:36From the Ravan jive in 2022 to the poisonous snake remark in 2023.
04:52And the terrorist remark in April this year.
04:55Who can they join with Modi, who is a terrorist?
05:03His attacks on Modi have repeatedly triggered political backlash.
05:08From campaign rhetoric to personnel attacks, the war of words between the Congress and the BJP shows no sign of
05:15slowing down.
05:16And Khadgi's latest remark has added another flashpoint to an already bitter political battle.
05:33Now this is not the first time that a Congress leader has made a remark that has been perceived as
05:39insulting or abusive for that matter.
05:41In fact, here's a look at all the times when Congress resorted to what we call Gali politics and it
05:48backfired soon after.
05:50Going right back to the remark by Manish Shankar Ayer over a decade ago where he said that a chaiwala
05:55cannot become PM.
05:56And the result soon after that, the BJP swept the 2014 general elections.
06:00A couple of years later, Sonia Gandhi made the remark, Modi is a moth ka saudagar.
06:06And then the result after that, BJP won the 2017 Gujarat polls.
06:12Let's look at another remark.
06:13Narendra Modi is a niche adhmi.
06:16Another remark made by Manish Shankar Ayer and the result, BJP won the 2017 Gujarat polls after that remark.
06:23Another gali or abuse by the Congress leader, Khadgi was Modi-like Ravan with 100 heads.
06:31He keeps lying, he is jhuto ka sardar.
06:34All of these remarks have been made by Malakarjun Khadgi in the past as well.
06:38And the result after that, BJP won the 2022 Gujarat polls.
06:42This is a pattern.
06:43Congress resorts to what BJP calls abusive politics.
06:46And soon after that, BJP sweeps an election.
