India, July 8 -- Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge has drawn the ire of the Bharatiya Janata Party for allegedly using "objectionable" words against President Droupadi Murmu and her predecessor Ram Nath Kovind, demanding a public apology from him and his party.

Kharge had on Monday addressed an event in Chhattisgarh where he blamed the BJP for "looting the poor" and snatching people's "assets, forests, and land".

In a video of Kharge's speech, shared by the BJP, he is heard mispronouncing the names of President Murmu as "Murma ji" and her predecessor Kovind as "Covid".

"It is their habit to intimidate everyone. You will survive only when you will not be scared. If we want to protect our jal, jungle, zameen (water, forest, ...