BJP, Congress chiefs lock horns over Rahul

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and the Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge crossed swords on Friday, with the former, in a statement questioning Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s motives in raising questions about India’s democracy on foreign soil, and the latter, in a series of tweets , defending Gandhi as a “patriot” and seeking an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for badmouthing Indians on trips to China, Siouth Korea and the US