India, Sept. 29 -- A former ABVP Kerala president's heated remarks in a TV debate, that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi would get "a bullet in the chest" if he even "dreams of" a Bangladesh-like or Gen-Z protest in India, his party Congress has blamed the ruling BJP for the "death threat".

Party leader KC Venugopal has written to home minister Amit Shah demanding "immediate and exemplary" legal action. "This conspiracy has to be exposed. First you tried to silence Rahul Gandhi with abuses and now you are threatening him with bullets," he wrote in the letter also posted by the official Congress handle and shared by many leaders.

The remarks were made by Printu Mahadev - he often appears on TV presenting the BJP's side - on News18 Keral...