Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda slammed his Congress counterpart Mallikarjun Kharge after he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing “concern and disappointment” over remarks made against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.

“You have written a letter to PM Modi in an attempt to polish your failed product, which has been repeatedly rejected by the public, and bring it to the market due to political compulsion. After reading that letter, I felt that the things said by you are far from reality,” JP Nadda wrote in a counter letter to Mallikarjun Kharge.

“It seems that in the letter you have either forgotten the misdeeds of your leaders including Rahul Gandhi or have deliberately ignored them, so I felt that it is important to bring those things to your notice in detail. It is sad that the oldest political party of the country has now become a ‘copy & paste’ party under the pressure of its famous prince,” reads the letter.

In his letter to PM Modi, Kharge said phrases such as “number one terrorist” used by Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu and a former BJP MLA’s death threat to Rahul Gandhi, were “deeply disturbing”.

“Did Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi martyr themselves only to see such vitriol being spread in Indian politics?” Kharge wrote.

“It is with great sadness that I must note that the violent language used by politicians in your alliance spells great danger for our future,” Kharge said.

In his appeal, the Congress chief asked the PM to advise his party and its allies, and also take strict action against all such comments. “I hope that you will kindly inculcate discipline and boundaries within the politicians in your bloc.”

Bittu had attacked Rahul Gandhi over his comments during his recent visit to the United States.

“The enemies of the country who try to blow up planes, trains, roads, they are in support of Rahul Gandhi…If there should be an award to catch the number one terrorist and the biggest enemy of the country, it should be on Rahul Gandhi,” Bittu had said.

Then Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Gaikwad announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh for whoever cut off Rahul Gandhi’s tongue.

The BJP distanced itself from these remarks.

The Congress on Wednesday filed a complaint over “open threats” by the leaders of the BJP and its allies “to eliminate/cause bodily harm” to Rahul Gandhi.

Besides Bittu and Gaikwad, the complaint also named BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marwah, who “openly issued assassination threat against Gandhi” on September 11. The complaint said Marwah had said that if Rahul Gandhi doesn’t mend his ways, he will meet the same fate as his grandmother Indira Gandhi.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Singh has also been named in the complaint for saying that “Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is the ‘number one terrorist of India”.