"I didn't intend to insult anyone. It's our colloquial language which means that somebody suddenly appears, says something and then disappears," said the Congress leader.
After Congress leader Ajay Rai stoked fresh controversy over his "latke-jhatke" remark about Smriti Irani, the Union Minister on Tuesday asked if such "indecent" statements are made to "please" the Gandhi family.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Sunday slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he doesn't deserve to be the foreign minister of Pakistan.
He made these remarks on Tuesday as a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill titled "NETWORKS Act" to sanction China's Huawei Technologies and Chinese 5G companies.
The former Prime Minister made the remarks in the backdrop of Salman Shehbaz's return to the country after ending over four years of self-imposed exile in London, according to The News International.
Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav burned an effigy of Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Shaheed Park in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Saturday.
Amid the row over Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto's derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying the ruling party at the Centre brings Pakistan to hide its failure.
Condemning Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto for his derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kul Hind Imaam Association president Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Saturday said Muslims in India can speak freely unlike many Muslim countries.