India, Feb. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a jibe at Congress president and leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. The PM's swipe at Kharge came as he delivered his motion of thanks on the president's address.

Modi's speech was met with mass sloganeering from the opposition. As house speaker and Vice President C Radhakrishnan called for decorum, the prime minister took a jibe at Kharge and called on him to "sit and chant." Follow LIVE updates on the Parliament session here.

"Looking at the age of Kharge ji, I urge you, the Chairman, to let him sit and sloganeer so that he faces no discomfort. There are young people at the back. So, please permit Kharge ji to sloganeer even while sitting," said Mo...