Speaking in Chennai on 21 April 2026, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge said he meant that the Prime Minister was “terrorizing” the democratic fabric of the country. | Photo credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (April 21, 2026) sought legal action against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his “terrorist” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
In a complaint to the Election Commission, the BJP said such “rhetoric lowers the level of pre-election discourse, inflames passions and undermines free and fair elections”. The party said describing the “supreme political leader of the country and the leader of the world’s largest party” as a “terrorist” for electoral purposes was a form of “extreme personal defamation” and a “gross violation” of the electoral code.
Published – 21 Apr 2026 22:27 IST
