PM Modi News | Half A Sentence, Then Kharge's 'Baap' Line: How Row Began With A 'Misunderstanding'

Four words in Hindi rang across a hall in Patna on Sunday: "Modi kahin nahin jayega (PM Narendra Modi won't go anywhere)." Mallikarjun Kharge reacted immediately and angrily to a heckle that wasn't. "Modi ka baap bhi jayega (Even his father will have to go)," the Congress chief said, repeating himself thrice, raising the right arm high for emphasis. The man who said the four words, though, said his sentence wasn't heard in full, and that he meant the exact opposite. It was already too late for nuance. Kharge's 'baap' retort has by now drawn in multiple ministers and the whole roster of BJP leaders demanding an apology from the veteran leader. The ruling party has announced a nationwide series of protests on the issue