New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a jibe at Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge over his poetic recitations, which often target the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while also cornering Congress over its past actions.

"When Kharge was reciting the couplets, you (the chair in Rajya Sabha) caught him rightly, asking him to speak about the time period of the poems he was reciting. However, he knew. Kharge keeps reciting great couplets. I also want to read a couplet, 'Tamasha karne walo ko kya khabar, hamne kitne toofano ko paar kar diya jalaya hai'," PM Modi said while addressing the Rajya Sabha during a motion of thanks to the President's Address.

The Prime Minister was referring to poet Gopaldas Saxena, also k...