Indore
Congress leader Raj Babbar’s remark comparing the rupee’s falling value against the US dollar with the age of PM Narendra Modi’s mother kicked up a row today, with the BJP demanding an apology from the Opposition party’s chief Rahul Gandhi.

Addressing a rally here on Thursday. Babbar said, “ Modi used to say that compared to the dollar, the value of the rupee has fallen to a level where it is almost the same as the age of the then PM .”

“Mr PM, at that time, you had not taken his name out of respect. Although our tradition does not allow this, we wish to say that now the value of the rupee has fallen to the age of your respected mother,” he added. Modi’s mother, Hiraba, is a nonagenarian. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said it was not proper to use unparliamentary words or drag any person’s mother into politics.