"Modi Ji How's The Josh?," Says: Cong. Leader Srinivas

Mr. Srinivas insisted that his tweet, posted minutes before the news broke.

New Delhi: After the security lapse that happened in the Prime Minister's visit, where he was stuck on a flyover for 20 mins due to a group of agitating farmers blocking the roads led to a huge political storm. BJP accused the state's Congress government of engineering the situation that put him in the way of harm.

After getting fierce attacks from BJP, the Congress responded, with some jibes, among them the controversial "How's the Josh" tweet, which drew a sharp response from Union minister and senior BJP leader Smriti Irani.

While quoting a famous dialogue from the movie, Uri: The Surgical Strike, the Youth Congress national president Srinivas BV posted that, "Modi Ji, How's the Josh?"

Earlier this morning, Ms Irani told the reporters, "What enrages people like us the most is this -- when the Prime Minister of India's security was breached, the Congress leaders erupted with joy, asking him how his josh was."

"The Prime Minister magnanimously then -- it is reported in the media -- on his way back it seemed communicated that "Zinda Laut Raha hoo"," she added.

While slamming the Congress Govt., she said, "I'd like to tell the Congress establishment Modi became the Prime Minister of India with support from the people of India and he went to Punjab today to dedicate projects worth 42,000 crores to the people of Punjab. When you can't answer on issues of development, this is the depth to which you would fall."

Mr. Srinivas, however, insisted that his tweet, posted minutes before the news broke on national media, was not a jibe about the security lapse. 

Ripping into the Congress, Ms Irani said, "Those in the Congress who hate Modi, today tried to threaten PM's security. Was the security breach deliberately called false? Those who compromised PM's security, who planted them there? Who planted them so close to the PM's car?"

"Never before in the history of our country has a state government knowingly constructed a scenario where the prime minister of the country will be brought to harm," she added.

"State Police was instructed to prevent people from attending the rally... CM Channi refused to get on the phone to either address the matter or solve it," BJP Chief JP Nadda had tweeted.

Despite that, Cong. rubbished the allegations.

"Why is the PMO, BJP ministers or PM not saying this? Was the PM's convoy attacked? Was there any Naxalite or terrorist there," questioned senior party leader Randeep Surjewala.