India, Sept. 28 -- After a BJP leader in Kerala remarked in a TV debate that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would be shot if he thought of a Bangladesh-like protest in India, the main opposition party has written to home minister Amit Shah demanding "immediate and exemplary" legal action against his party's representative.

Resharing the letter posted on X by party general secretary KC Venugopal, senior leader Kumari Selja pointed out that Rahul Gandhi's family lost two members- his grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi, both ex-PMs - to assassinations. "In such circumstances, threats of this nature become even more serious," she wrote.

There was no immediate reaction from Shah or the government as of 10 pm on Sunday.

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