"We strongly condemn the defamatory remarks made by Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against PM Modi," Rakesh Shankhwar, BJP's district president of Firozabad.
The members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the party on Saturday protested against Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over his derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday condemned Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto's derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that no one has the right to make such a statement about India's PM.
A day after Rahul Gandhi said that Chinese soldiers are "beating up jawans in Arunachal Pradesh", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday condemned his statement terming it "shameful".
The "derogatory" remarks made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against PM Modi have sparked outrage across the country, and the BJP is holding protests in all the state capitals besides at key towns and cities.
Addressing the 95th FICCI Annual Convention and AGM in the national capital, the union minister also hit out at the recent remarks by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi stating that "politics is done by speaking the truth."
Describing Bilawal Bhutto's remark as "highly derogatory and full of cowardice", BJP said the remarks were given to divert global attention from Pakistan's collapsing economy, lawlessness and anarchy in Pakistan.
The minister said as far as the leadership of PM Modi is concerned, the world has recognized that leadership. The minister said that PM Modi has helped not only India but also other countries including Pakistan during Covid.
The BJP has condemned as "highly shameful and derogatory" remarks of the Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has decided to hold nationwide protests on Saturday.
Bommai's remarks came a day after Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Thursday alleged that the cooker bomb explosion in an autorickshaw in Mangaluru last month was declared a "terror activity" without any investigation and it might have been a "mistake".
In response to media queries on Bilawal's 'uncivilised' remarks, the official spokesperson for the MEA, Arindam Bagchi, said, "These comments are a new low, even for Pakistan. Pakistan foreign minister's frustration would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises