Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has jumped in the row over Tamil film Mersal. Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after BJP called the latest Tamil film politically motivated, Rahul Gandhi said that the party was trying to "demon-etise Tamil pride."

Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter, "Mr. Modi, Cinema is a deep expression of Tamil culture and language. Don't try to demon-etise Tamil pride by interfering in Mersal."

Mr. Modi, Cinema is a deep expression of Tamil culture and language. Don't try to demon-etise Tamil pride by interfering in Mersal - Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) October 21, 2017

Earlier, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram slammed the BJP for criticising the film. Chidambaram said, "There will be a law soon going by which documentaries praising the government policies will only be allowed in the country."

"BJP demands deletion of dialogues in 'Mersal'. Imagine the consequences if 'Parasakthi' was released today," read one of the tweets of Chidambaram.

The attacks by senior Congress leaders came a day after the BJP's Tamil Nadu chief asked for cuts to be made to Tamil film Mersal. The BJP has demanded deletion of some dialogues from the Mersal.

Tamilisai Soundarrajan, BJP's Tamil Nadu president, said some scenes in actor Vijay's Diwali release Mersal show GST and Digital India in a bad light. She had asked for cuts to be made in the film.

MADHUR BHANDARKAR HITS BACK AT RAHUL GANDHI

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar took the Twitter battle to a new level by using Rahul Gandhi's tweet against him.

Quoting Gandhi's tweet, Bhandarkar said when the Congress party workers went about "demonising" his movie Indu Sarkar, Gandhi had chosen to "remain silent".