Begusarai, Oct. 24 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday remembered former Congress president Sitaram Kesri on his death anniversary and accused the Congress leadership of insulting him.

PM Modi said the country will never forget how the Congress family humiliated Kesri, who was from Bihar, by allegedly locking him in a bathroom and removing him from the post of party president. He added the incident shows how Congress sidelines Dalits and backward class leaders for the sake of its own family interests.

Addressing the public rally in Begusarai, PM Modi said, "Today is the death anniversary of former Congress President Sitaram Kesri. The country will never forget how this Congress family insulted him. Today reminds us of the lengths ...