India, Aug. 31 -- The controversy over Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra's remarks against Union home minister Amit Shah intensified on Saturday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding an apology from her.

Moitra sparked a row after allegedly saying that if Shah fails to stop infiltration from Bangladesh, "the first thing you should do is cut Amit Shah's head and put it on your table".

BJP leader and LS MP Ravi Shankar Prasad hit back, saying: "Her statement is condemnable. Her membership has been revoked once. Now, will she want to repeat this again? She used such words against the country's home minister; what status do such people have? What kind of people does Mamata Banerjee have?"

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath,...