"We condemn the BJP leader's statements making derogatory remarks against our party leader Rahul Gandhi. Such utterances by RSS and BJP leaders are being made with an intention to bring war-like situation in the state... And hence the party has decided to take out 'Akrosh march' across the state on Monday," Bihar Congress chief Ashok Choudhary told reporters here.
Choudhary, the state Education minister in the grand alliance government led by Nitish Kumar, alleged that BJP leaders are making below the belt statements against Congress leaders.
On February 18, a BJP MLA from Barmer, Kailash Choudhary had allegedly called Gandhi a "traitor" and said he should be hanged and shot for backing "anti-national" students of JNU.
Choudhary, who represents Baytoo constituency, made the remarks at his residence in Barmer which invited sharp reaction from Congress.
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In response to a query about Union Government's decision to hoist national flag in all Central universities, he said the decision exhibited pseudo-nationalism of the BJP.
its headquarters after the orders from Supreme Court and High Court and now it has woken up to "nationalism" and "flag hoisting".
The Human Resource Development Ministry on February 18 made mandatory hoisting of the tricolour in all central universities across the country. The decision, which came in the backdrop of the massive row over alleged anti-India protests in JNU, was taken at a meeting of Vice Chancellors in Surajkund and was convened by HRD Ministry led by Smriti Irani.
The resolution is applicable to JNU too as it is a central university, the officials had said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed on both fronts in past two years, he said.
This is being done deliberately keeping in mind the assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, the stat Congress chief alleged.
Referring to attack on Kanhaiya in court premises, he wondered at the behaviour of lawyers and suspected the lawyers may be RSS workers in black robes.
Asserting that RSS and BJP are trying to impose their ideology both on country and JNU, Choudhary said there is a conspiracy to destroy the institution.