New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- Congress MP Pawan Khera on Monday launched a counteroffensive against the BJP, defending party president Mallikarjun Kharge's "Eid of Happiness" remark and stating that Eid literally means festival.

A political row erupted after the "Eid of Happiness" remark for Diwali, as the BJP accused Congress of appeasement politics.

Hitting back at the BJP, Khera said, "Does anybody in the BJP have a dictionary in their house? I am sure they don't. But they have a mobile. Can they Google what Eid means? Eid means 'tyohar', Diwali ka 'tyohar', Holi ka 'tyohar' - that's what he means. But these illiterate, ignorant fools sitting in the government would never understand what it means."

Further, he asked the BJP to prepare for th...