As per reports, Congress workers and leaders staged a protest condemning the derogatory statements made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena leaders against Rahul Gandhi; in Bhubaneswar on Thursday (19 September).

A large group of Congress members marched from Congress Bhawan to Kharvel Nagar police station, and filed a formal complaint against Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, Minister Raghuraj Singh, BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marwah, and Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Sanjay Gaikwad.