The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday met the Madhya Pradesh's Director General of Police seeking immediate arrest of Congress' Raja Pateria for his controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Monday said the only route to peace in Europe is to end this war and quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's words, "I know that today's era is not the era of war", according to a statement released by UK government.
A First Information Report (FIR) was filed on a complaint against veteran Congress leader and former minister Raja Pateria for allegedly making provocative remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Powai police station of Madhya Pradesh's Panna district on Monday, police said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Jabalpur filed an FIR against Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Raja Pateriya on Monday for allegedly making a controversial statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
CM Chouhan told ANI, "Making such a remark against the world's most popular leader, who lives in the hearts of people, is a grave crime. Rahul Gandhi should answer if this is Congress's policy or strategy. Where is the Congress going?"
"Congress is not able to compete with Prime Minister Modi on the field, so a Congress leader is talking about killing Modi. Congress's true face is now being revealed," said Chouhan.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday condemned the derogatory remarks made by Congress leader Raja Pateria and said that the people of the country would never forgive him for his "deplorable" statement.
Pateria made the remark during a meeting of Mandalam Sector presidents organised by the District Congress Committee at Powai Rest House in Panna on Sunday.
After a row following his alleged remark, which has since then gone viral on social media after which several BJP supporters clamoured for his arrest. Pateriya on Monday offered a clarification stating that his comments were wrongly interpreted and that he meant defeating Modi electorally.
A political fracas broke out soon after TMC leader Manoj Tiwary took a jibe, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Umesh Rai lashed out at the former's remarks and said that the whole West Bengal government was like "Pushpa film" and Tiwary's statements show the party's character.
Taking a direct jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party Cricketer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwary challenged the opposition with direct remarks and said "Jhukega nahi sala".
The Maharashtra Police on Sunday suspended seven constables and three officers in connection with the incident where ink was thrown at state cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil.