New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Karnataka Congress over the Chief Minister's post, BJP MP Damodar Agarwal on Thursday sharply criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for his recent comments on the issue, even suggesting that the Congress be renamed the "Muslim League."

Agarwal accused the party of becoming an instrument of "Muslim appeasement."

"What he says does not hold any major significance, but what the so-called heir of the Gandhi family's verdict does. Congress has made itself a tool for Muslim appeasement, and I would suggest Kharge to rename the party as 'Muslim League'," Damodar Agarwal told ANI.

Earlier on Wednesday, Mallikarjun Kharge said the party high command, which includes him, Lok Sabha ...