Patna, Sept. 1 -- Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the registration of an FIR against Rahul Gandhi, following the latter's remarks on the alleged 'purification' of a rally ground in Uttarakhand's Haldwani.

Speaking to ANI, Rajesh Ram demanded a public apology from the BJP, alleging that the act of "purifying" the ground after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's address was a direct insult to the Dalit community.

"Mallikarjun Kharge ji held a program in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. The way the ground was 'purified' after that event, implying the land was deemed 'impure' simply because a Dalit had addressed a public meeting there--is the very issue on which we first demand a public apol...