‘PM post is an institution’: Rajnath slams Kharge over Modi is ‘Ravan’ remark

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s “Ravan” remark against PM Modi reflects the mentality of the “entire Congress leadership”. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the first phase of polling for Gujarat Assembly elections on December 1, Singh said the people of Gujarat will give a befitting reply to those using abusive words for the prime minister who, he asserted, is Gujarat’s “honour and pride”. Replying to BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said, “BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh are misleading the entire episode. Newspapers have reported it completely about what Congress chief Kharge said. He should read it and then comment.”Newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who was addressing a public rally in Gujarat’s Ahemdabad compared PM Modi to ‘Ravan’ as he said, “he is visible in every election.” “Modi ji is the Prime Minister. Leaving work, he keeps on campaigning in Municipal Corporation elections, MLA elections, MP elections. All the time he talks about himself – ‘Don’t look at anyone, vote after seeing Modi’. How many times see your face? How many forms do you have? Does he have 100 faces like Ravana?,” Kharge said