India, Sept. 5 -- The Congress on Friday sparked a political storm after its Kerala unit posted a controversial tweet drawing a parallel between Bihar and humble 'beedis'. The attempt to mock the BJP over recent GST reforms, however, backfired with the BJP coming all guns blazing out at the grand old party for what it claimed was "insult to the entire state". Reacting strongly, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said "First, the insult to the revered mother of our honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and now the insult to the entire Bihar. This is the true character of the Congress, which is repeatedly being exposed before the country."

The post was accompanied by a chart outlining the new GST rates, showing that GST...