Panchkula, Feb. 6 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers staged a protest in Panchkula on Thursday by burning an effigy of leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi at Geeta Chowk in Sector 5. The demonstration was held in protest against the alleged use of derogatory language by Rahul Gandhi against BJP MP and Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu inside parliament.

During the protest, BJP workers raised slogans against Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party, demanding an apology and his resignation. The protesters accused the Congress leader of lowering the dignity of Parliament through his remarks and termed them an insult to democratic values.

BJP leaders said the protest in Panchkula was part of a nationwide agitation, as the party ...