New Delhi, March 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday asked whether Congress and members of the INDIA bloc condoned Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader A Raja's remarks on 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Bharat Mata' and would the DMK use such "derogatory comments against deities of other religions?."

The DMK leader earlier today stoked a row by stating that Tamil Nadu will never accept BJP's ideology of "this is Jai Sri Ram, this is Bharat mata ki jai."

"If you say it's this God, this is Jai Sri Ram, this is Bharat Mata ki jai, then we and Tamil Nadu will never accept Bharat Mata and Jai Shri Ram," Raja had said while addressing a public event in Madurai.

In response to Raja's remarks, BJP leader and former union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said ...