India, Oct. 21 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday took an exception to parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju replying to his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused the PM of insulting Opposition leaders by not writing back to them directly.

"He [Rijiju] has not been given that much power. He is being used as a front, just as they are using Gyanesh Kumar. Similarly, they are using Rijiju. He [PM Modi] does not reply to anyone himself. We write to him, and he gets someone else to draft the reply. What does this mean?" Kharge said during an interaction in Bengaluru.

"He (Modi) is insulting opposition leaders. He is insulting all the opposition parties, and why are they not coming? You should reply. You ...