'Poisonous woman...': Karnataka BJP MLA attacks Sonia Gandhi in 'Modi snake' row
Hindustan TimesA day after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial 'Modi a poisonous snake' jab - which he later said referred to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's ideology - a Karnataka BJP MLA hit back and called Sonia Gandhi a 'vishkanya' - a mythological female assassin. The Congress hit back with Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel asking for prime minister Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah's views on their party leader's slur. Karnataka BJP MLA Basanagouda Yatnal At a election rally in the state's Koppal district, the BJP's Basanagouda Yatnal said 'the whole world has accepted PM Modi' and that the United States had rolled out a 'red carpet'. The Congress' initial response was delivered by Baghel from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur; “A Karnataka BJP MLA has called Sonia Gandhi a 'vishkanya'.