Bengaluru, Oct. 26 -- Defending Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge amid a brewing political row over his recent remarks regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday asserted that his father merely responded "in a language they understand" after being directly provoked by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter at the Patna event.

Hitting out at the BJP for crying foul, the Karnataka Minister urged the ruling party to introspect on its own political conduct and past rhetoric against the Gandhi family.

"I would urge them to have a look at what they have done previously... The entire ecosystem, you know how they misbehaved when it was Mrs Gandhi's birthday on social media... They called R...