LUCKNOW, Oct. 26 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged demonstrations across Uttar Pradesh on Monday against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In the state capital, the ruling party staged a protest and marched from Lalji Tandon's statue beside Hanuman Mandir in Hazratganj to the Gandhi statue at GPO. "Congress has no base left in the state. The party has already been wiped out. Voters will give a befitting reply to the party in the upcoming assembly polls," said BJP's chief state spokesperson Dinesh Pratap Singh.

BJP Lucknow district chief Anand Dwivedi led the protest during which party workers carried placards condemning Kharge's remarks. Agitators also tore pictures of Kharge and ...