Congress party want an apology from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a statement given by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior spokesperson Sambit Patra, who had called the PM “the desh ka baap”.

During a debate show on the television news channel, Sambit Patra had called PM Modi as “Desh ka baap”.The Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala post on Twitter to target Prime Minister Modi over the content, saying the statement by the BJP spokesperson has hurt the sentiments of Gujarat, which is the land of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation."They had the daring to insult Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. They can abuse and misbehave with us. We don't have any issue. We will accept it as the part of democracy.

"But on the behalf of all the Congress party member and 130 crore Indians, I am saying, such disrespect of Mahatma Gandhi by Bharti Janta Party spokespersons won't be tolerated by us. Now, PM Narendra Modi is termed as 'country's father (desh ka baap)'," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters."Nobody ever had the power to insult the father of the nation in this way. This is the same BJP which has dedicated a temple to Nathuram Godse (who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi) in Madhya Pradesh. A state BJP minister called Godse a Mahapurush," he further added.