BJP threatens to block MP leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra over 'anti-Brahmin' comments

The BJP has threatened to block the Madhya Pradesh leg of the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra over an alleged "anti-Brahmin" remark by a party leader.

A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader's alleged objectionable remarks about the Brahmin community have triggered a controversy with the BJP threatening to prevent Rahul Gandhi's ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from entering the state if the leader is not expelled from the party.

However, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee media cell chairman KK Mishra, to whom the objectionable remarks have been attributed, claimed his comments have been "twisted" by the ruling party as they are rattled by the huge response Gandhi's mass contact drive was getting across the country.

BJP workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside the residence of state Congress president Kamal Nath and demanded Mishra's expulsion from the opposition party.

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Mishra made the alleged remarks in an interview to a local media person while responding to a question about the state government taking action against Brahmin officials in context of the recent suspension of Jhabua district's superintendent of police (SP) and transfer of the district collector.

While the SP was suspended for allegedly using abusive language over phone against students seeking security from him, the Jhabua collector was transferred following complaints of poor implementation of welfare schemes in the district.

In the interview, Mishra is heard saying though he is proud to be a Brahmin, he considers humanity above everything and cannot defend a “.. Brahmin who indulges in wrongdoings".