New Delhi, March 4 -- Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday lashed out at RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav for his recent remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The comments were made during a rally in Patna on Sunday.

"At an INDI rally in Patna yesterday, Lalu Prasad made an offensive remark about PM Modi. His comments about the family of Modiji were unfortunate and painful," Trivedi said at a press conference in the national capital.

"... I want to remind everyone that for him (PM Modi), the whole country is his family... Ever since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, he celebrates Diwali with soldiers on the border. They are his family... When he left his family to dedicate himself to his country, that very momen...