NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi 's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Monday deleted his Facebook account after a fracas over his new status message on the social networking site.

Vadra's status message "Mango people in a banana republic" was a dig at IAC members Arvind Kejriwal and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who on Friday, levelled allegations of corruption against him.

Before deleting his account, Vadra reportedly wrote on his page, "Obviously it seems I have people on my Facebook account who do not have a sense of humour. Everything I write becomes news and further debates on television?? I have decided to delete my account."

Earlier in the day, IAC member Kumar Vishwas demanded an apology over the status saying it was an insult to the nation. "Today Robert Vadra has written 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook page…it is ok to call us mango people or aam admi but refering to the country as a banana republic is shameful," Vishwas said.

He added that it was Vadra’s mother-in-law who has been ruling the country and would answerable to why India is being called a banana republic.