Bengaluru, Oct. 26 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged a protest in Bengaluru against Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks, following which police detained the protesters.

The controversy erupted during an address by Mallikarjun Kharge at the 139th birth anniversary celebrations of Bihar's first Chief Minister, Dr Krishna Singh, in Patna.

A commotion broke out when an attendee in the gathering interrupted Kharge by stating that PM Modi would not go anywhere, prompting the Congress president to retort from the stage, "Modi ka baap bhi jayega" (Even Modi's father will have to go).

Earlier in the day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his remark about ...