Nashik, May 26 -- Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Tuesday sparked a political controversy after making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while criticising the Centre's foreign policy and relations with neighbouring countries.

Addressing a rally in Maharashtra's Nashik, Sapkal alleged that India's relations with countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran had deteriorated under the Modi government, affecting onion exports.

"India's onion decides global prices of onions. In the past some time, Modi has spoiled relations with Bangladesh and they have stopped buying our onions. The same thing happened with Sri Lanka and Iran also, they are not purchasing our onions. Modi has spoiled relati...