New Delhi: on Wednesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a 'jallad', a hangman 'who kills and abducts (a) judge and journalist (sic)'. In response to a question of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi's reference to Modi as 'Duryodhan' (evil prince in epic ‘Mahabharata’), Rabri Devi said that Modi's thoughts are 'violent'.

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"Unhone Duryodhan bol ke galat kiya hai, doosra bhasha bolna chahiye unko, vo sab to jallad hain, jallad. Jo judge ko aur patrakar ko marwa deta hai, uthwa leta hai. Aise aadmi ka mann aur vichaar kaisa hoga, khoonkar hoga (She made a mistake by calling him Duryodhan. She should have spoken a different language and called him a hangman. One who kills, abducts judge (sic), journalists. The mind and thoughts of such a person are bound to be violent)," she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Amid an election rally in Chandigarh, Priyanka Gandhi had said, "They insult my family when they don’t get any other issue. This country has never forgiven arrogance. History is proof of this. Mahabharat is also proof of this. This kind of arrogance was in Duryodhan too. When Lord Krishna went to him and put the reality in front of him and tried to talk to him, he tried to capture Lord Krishna too."

Her Statement riggered a war-of-words and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, "Priyanka Ji-Today you talked about ego. Let me remind you that ego was the culmination of the day when Mr Rahul (Gandhi) insulted his own Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh ji, and threw out the ordinance issued by the President. Who is listening to whom?"

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