Reacting to Yatnal's remarks, Karnataka unit Congress president D.K. Shivakumar condemned his language, stating that the Congress party would not tolerate it.
Countering Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘poisonous snake’ jibe at PM Modi, Karnataka BJP MLA Basanagouda has called former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi ‘vishkanya’ (venomous maiden).