Former CM Of MP, Cong. leader Digvijaya Singh on its latest teweet

Senior Congress leader on Friday put fuel on a controversy by posting a tweet that purportedly used abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prompting the BJP to demand an apology from his party.

Mr. Singh refused to acknowledge the post, saying retweets were not endorsements, but trolls did not spare him on social media. “Retweets are never endorsements. This is the basic principle of Twitter,” he said after the controversy erupted. “I have said it is not mine. I have disowned it. I have not used those words,” he clarified, adding that “my tweet does not endorse this.”

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BJP spokesman G.V.L. Narasimha Rao lashed out at Mr. Singh, saying Opposition leaders like him had “degenerated into abusive trolls” after repeated electoral drubbings.

Mr. Singh’s “crass comments demonstrate the degeneration of a party that prides itself on a great legacy. These comments amount to insulting 130 crore people of India whose mandate is vested in the Prime Minister,” Mr. Rao said.

“The Congress will have to publicly apologies for the dirty abusive language by its front-ranking leaders,” the BJP leader added.