The Congress chief accused the BJP of manipulating electoral rolls and demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while protests at the Patna event exposed discontent within the Bihar Congress. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sparked a political controversy in Patna on October 25 after he responded sharply to a heckler who shouted in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event marking the 139th birth anniversary of Bihar’s first.