Patna : The BJP on Sunday crossed all limits of adulation when it compared its lucky charm Narendra Modi with the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.

“Gandhiji was also from Gujarat. But he started his agitation against British from Champaran in Bihar. Before coming to Bihar, Gandhiji was known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. But after the Champaran satyagrah, also called the Indigo movement, he became widely popular as Mahatma Gandhi. In a similar way, after Narendra Modi visits Bihar, he will be known as Mahatma Narendra Modi,” said former Bihar BJP president Dr C P Thakur.

The BJP leader, who had earlier served as Union health minister in the Vajpayee government, has been more in news for his foot in the mouth remarks. A political turncoat, who started his innings as a Congress MP from Patna in 1984, has, of late, turned into a hardcore Modi supporter and had berated Nitish Kumar for his antipathy towards his Gujarat counterpart.