RANCHI, Oct. 27 -- The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged demonstrations in Ranchi outside the Congress state headquarters, protesting president Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event in Patna. On Sunday, Kharge sparked controversy with his remarks, "Modi ka baap bhi jayega," in response to an audience member's comment that "the PM Modi would not go anywhere." The incident took place while Kharge, who is also Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, was speaking at the programme celebrating the 139th birth anniversary of Bihar's first chief minister, Shrikrishna Singh. Protesting the remarks, hundreds of BJP workers led by senior leaders of the party, including its state president Aditya Sahu and Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi, marched to the Congress office here from the Jaipal Singh Munda stadium. "The Congress and its prominent leaders never let go of any opportunity to abuse our prime minister. Kharge made indecent and offensive remarks against the PM, invoking his late father. His comments have created a furore across the nation," Sahu asserted. The BJP workers also raised the slogans 'Stop abusing the PM' and 'India will not tolerate insults to the PM' during the demonstration. "Every party worker has taken to the streets against Kharge's derogatory remarks," Sahu added. While the BJP workers planned to gherao the Congress office, they were stopped metres away because the approach road was barricaded by the district administration. The Congress workers had also gathered on the other side of the barricade, raising slogans against the BJP. Rakesh Sinha, state media in-charge of Jharkhand Congress, hit back at the BJP saying the party, which engages in the politics of confrontation and obstruction should first account for the language and conduct of its own top leadership. It is the democratic right of the opposition to raise questions regarding remarks attributed to PM Narendra Modi, such as the "50-crore girlfriend" and "Congress widow" comments, he said. "Holding the office of the Prime Minister does not place anyone above public criticism; the higher the position, the greater the responsibility that comes with it. Consequently, language that reduces political discourse to personal jibes will inevitably, and rightly, be called into question. How long will this double standard persist-where using derogatory language against others is framed as political boldness, yet the opposition's questioning of such language is treated as an offense? The BJP must explain: where does its morality vanish when such language is directed at the opposition? And why does the BJP get so agitated when the Congress questions the use of such language?" he added....