LUCKNOW, Sept. 11 -- Uttar Pradesh minister of state (independent charge) for horticulture Dinesh Pratap Singh on Wednesday launched a two-pronged attack against Congress MP and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during his visit to his Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency.

He first staged a sit-in with dozens of supporters and BJP workers on the Lucknow-Prayagraj highway at Harchandpur, demanding an apology from Gandhi over the remarks made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother at a political event attended by the Congress MP in Bihar recently.

"Rahul Gandhi should say sorry to all mothers in India," he said during the sit-in.

Later in the day, Singh, who was with the Congress earlier and joined the BJP in 2018,...