The BJP on Monday expressed "shock" over a video in which Tej Bahadur Yadav, a sacked BSF soldier whose nomination as SP candidate from Varanasi was rejected by the EC, is purportedly talking about assassinating Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said the video illustrates how in the face of imminent defeat political rivals have degenerated into using violent methods. Some news channels have shown the video but have not vouched for its authenticity. Rao said in a statement that the Maharashtra police had last year unearthed a conspiracy of urban Naxals to kill Modi.