India’s Congress party has sought the removal of a Madhya Pradesh minister over his remarks about Indian Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who held multiple press briefings during the recent Pakistan-India military conflict.

Kunwar Vijay Shah, who holds the Tribal Welfare and Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation portfolios, made the remarks at an event in Mhow, following which Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that Shah be sacked immediately.

“First, they trolled the wife of the naval officer martyred in Pahalgam on social media, then harassed the daughter of [Foreign Secretary Vikram] Misri and now, BJP ministers are making such indecent comments about our braveheart Sofiya Qureshi,” Kharge said on X.

“[Prime Minister Narendra] Modi ji should immediately dismiss such a minister,” the Congress leader added.