'What he is saying is a lie': Kharge hits out at PM Modi's 'Katta' charge; calls it 'laughable'

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Monday refuted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that Rashtriya Janata Dal forced Congress to denote Tejashwi Yadav arsenic Mahagathbandhan's prime for Bihar's main minister's post.Kharge said that PM Modi's remarks were "laughable", claiming that helium sets speech helium level astatine which a PM should speak."All of this is simply a lie. He has thing other to say. I volition reply this contiguous successful Bihar. What helium is saying is simply a lie. Nobody volition archer idiosyncratic other to marque idiosyncratic the CM astatine gunpoint," Kharge said."Congress has ne'er done this. Modi ji is the PM of this country; his saying specified things is laughable. This shows his level.

He sets speech the level astatine which a PM should talk and is making predetermination speeches successful Bihar," helium added.This comes a time aft PM Modi connected Sunday alleged thate Congress “never wanted” Tejashwi to beryllium declared the alliance’s CM look but was pressured into doing so.“The RJD secured it by placing a katta (country-made gun) connected the caput of the Congress. They person learnt their lessons successful the schoolhouse of jungle raj. Such elements tin ne'er bash bully for Bihar,” helium said astatine a rally successful Bhojpur.

"Just a time earlier information filing, down closed doors, gundagardi was happening. Congress did not privation to person an RJD CM, but RJD did not permission the opportunity. They enactment a Katta connected Congress' caput and stole the CM’s post," helium added.He further claimed that the confederation partners were divided and would “break each other’s heads” aft the elections.Hectic campaigning successful poll-bound Bihar is acceptable to proceed connected Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge scheduled to code a big of nationalist rallies crossed the state.The party's octogenarian nationalist president Mallikarjun Kharge volition besides code his maiden predetermination meeting, up of assembly polls, successful Vaishali district.Polling for Bihar’s 243 assembly seats volition instrumentality spot successful 2 phases: connected November 6 and 11, with counting connected November 14.