Congress leader Raja Pateria, speaking to India Today, clarified that his remark against PM Modi was presented out of context. Raja Pateria said what he meant "by killing the PM" was to defeat Narendra Modi in the upcoming elections.

“It might have happened in the flow. But the person who recorded it just picked it out of context,” said the leader. In a video, the former Madhya Pradesh minister could be seen addressing his supporters around him.

The leader had purportedly called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's killing to "save the constitution".

Meanwhile, the BJP hit out at the Congress, saying the party belongs to Mussolini and not Mahatma Gandhi.

“I heard the statement of Pateria, which clearly implies that this Congress party does not belong to Mahatma Gandhi,” said the BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, Narottam Mishra.

“This Congress belongs to Italy, and its ideology is of Mussolini. I am issuing an instruction to SP to register an FIR,” said Narottam Mishra.

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