New Delhi, April 24 -- BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday said that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's "terrorist" remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a "socha samjha prayog" (well-thought-out experiment), instructed by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

Saying that Congress is "nafrat ke bhaijaan" (brothers of hatred), Poonawalla accused the opposition of "justifying" the remarks on PM and even trying "to play the victim card".

Speaking with ANI, Poonawalla said, "This is called 'first you err, then you're brazen about it'... The entire world has heard what Kharge has said, that he used the word terrorist for an elected Prime Minister. Rather than being apologetic and taking that back, they're defending...