'What he is saying is a lie': Kharge hits out at PM Modi's 'Katta' charge; calls it 'laughable'

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday refuted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that Rashtriya Janata Dal forced Congress to announce Tejashwi Yadav as Mahagathbandhan's pick for Bihar's chief minister's post. Kharge said that PM Modi's remarks were "laughable", claiming that he sets aside he level at which a PM should speak. "All of this is a lie. He has nothing else to say. I will answer this today in Bihar. What he is saying is a lie. Nobody will tell someone else to make someone the CM at gunpoint," Kharge said. "Congress has never done this. Modi ji is the PM of this country; his saying such things is laughable. This shows his level. He sets aside the level at which a PM should speak and is making election speeches in Bihar," he added. This