BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra termed Modi "desh ka baap" (Father of India) at a news channel show. The Congress slammed BJP and demanded that Prime Narendra Modi apologise to the country for the "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi and "show courage" by expelling Patra, like the Congress expelled Mani Shankar Aiyar for his "neech" remark.
"They had the audacity to insult Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. They can abuse and misbehave with us. We don't have any objection. We will accept it as the test of democracy," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said.
"Nobody ever had the audacity to insult the father of the nation in this manner. This is the same BJP which has dedicated a temple to Nathuram Godse (who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi) in Madhya Pradesh. A state BJP minister called Godse a Mahapurush," he added.
"..Else it would be proved that your spokesperson is not saying this, you (Modi) are making him say this..because you consider yourself larger than Mahatma Gandhi."
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