BJP holds nationwide protests over Kharge's 'Modi ka baap bhi jayega' remark, seeks apology

The BJP on Monday held protests across the country over Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding an apology from him and his party. In Delhi, BJP leaders and workers staged a demonstration near Kharge's residence on Rajaji Marg. The protesters were stopped by police when they attempted to march from Sena Bhawan Circle towards his residence. Around 200 BJP workers and leaders, including Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra, were detained after they allegedly tried to break through barricades, the party said in a statement. They were taken to Mandir Marg police station and later released. The protesters raised slogans against Kharge and demanded an apology from him and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Malhotra accused Congress leaders of defending Kharge despite his remarks against the prime minister. VIDEO | BJP workers stage protest outside Congress office in Bhopal over Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks against PM Modi. https://t.co/IxIki5VUJG -- Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 26, 2026 "The Congress and its leaders are frustrated after suffering continuous electoral defeats. They cannot understand what to do and repeatedly resort to creating an atmosphere of anarchy and behave as though they are above the law," Malhotra said. The nationwide protests followed Kharge's remarks at an event in Patna on Sunday to mark the 139th birth anniversary of Shrikrishna Singh, Bihar's first chief minister. While speaking at the programme, Kharge said the Congress would send those involved in alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process to jail. During his speech, an audience member interrupted him and said, "Modi won't go anywhere." Kharge responded, "Modi ka baap bhi jayega, baap bhi jayega," triggering a political controversy. In Bihar, BJP leaders and supporters, led by state unit president Sanjay Saraogi, took out a 'Jan Akrosh March' from the party headquarters to Dak Bungalow Chauraha in Patna and burnt an effigy of Kharge. "Yesterday, all limits were crossed when the platform to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shrikrishna Singh, the architect of modern Bihar, was used to make abusive remarks about the late father of the Prime Minister," Saraogi said. He also accused the Congress of repeatedly facing electoral defeats and urged the party and the opposition INDIA bloc to "mend their ways". In Bengaluru, BJP leaders protested at Freedom Park, demanding an apology from Kharge. Protesters raised slogans, climbed barricades and attempted to march towards Vidhana Soudha. Police detained several leaders, including Karnataka Assembly Leader of Opposition R Ashoka, Legislative Council Opposition leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, Ashwath Narayan, C P Ramamurthy and MLC N Ravikumar, and took them to Upparpet police station. Mumbai, Maharashtra: BJP workers staged a protest by burning photographs of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and raising slogans against both leaders. https://t.co/PT21PJelTn -- IANS (@ians_india) October 26, 2026 In Jharkhand, BJP workers and senior leaders, including state president Aditya Sahu and Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi, marched towards the Congress office in Ranchi, raising slogans against the remarks. Protests were also reported in Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Telangana and several districts of Jammu and Kashmir. In Jammu, BJP workers led by MLA Shagun Parihar and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's Jammu and Kashmir president Arun Prabhat staged a demonstration and burnt posters of Kharge and Gandhi. #WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana: BJP workers protest against Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks, burn effigy at Moazzam Jahi Market. https://t.co/7ZWyHiZsSW -- ANI (@ANI) October 26, 2026 #WATCH | Chandigarh: Water cannons are being used to disperse the BJP workers and leaders holding a protest against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi https://t.co/4tx9rx4Cd1 -- ANI (@ANI) October 26, 2026 Delhi BJP in-charge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe also criticised the Congress, accusing its leaders of treating political power as a hereditary entitlement and saying voters had rejected its "dynasty politics". *With PTI inputs