The Congress chief accused the Hindutva party of backing those who commit violence against marginalised communities.

#WATCH | On PM Modi's remark that Congress has been taken over by Urban Naxals, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says, " Progressive people are being called Urban Naxals...this is his habit. His party itself is a terrorist party. They do lynching, hit people, urinate in the… pic.twitter.com/hACBNLE6T8

BJP leaders, including Joshi and Trivedi, counter Congress President Kharge’s claims of BJP being a ’party of terrorists,’ citing historical instances of Congress’s association with terrorism and criticizing its stance on Islamic practices.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi hit back at the Congress party over party president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘terrorist party’ remark on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying Sonia Gandhi ‘shed tears’ for terrorists.

Union minister Pralhad Joshi countered Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks about BJP, highlighting past terror incidents under UPA rule and accusing Congress of being lenient on terror convicts.

Countering Kharge's remarks, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated that Congress has made insulting the public and the Prime Minister a habit.

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday alleged that the BJP was a "party of terrorists". PM Modi in his recent marks said that the grand old party is run by a "gang of urban Naxals".

Kharge also accused those in the saffron party of 'lynching and beating' people, and committing atrocities against SC/STs.

Tearing into the Congress after its president Mallikarjun Kharge dubbed the BJP a "party of terrorists", leaders from the ruling party at the Centre accused it of making insulting the people a habit and said its true character had been revealed.