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2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 22, 2026 01:47 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal, and Nirmala Sitharaman, addressing reporters on Wednesday. (Photo: X/@KirenRijiju)
A day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “terrorist” at a press conference in Chennai, a high-level delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, met the Election Commission of India to address the issue.
Calling Kharge’s remark a “grave insult” to the country, Rijiju shared: “A high-level BJP delegation met the Election Commission of India today with deep sorrow and anger.”
“For Mallikarjun Khargeji to call Hon’ble PM Narendra Modiji a “terrorist” is not just a remark, it is a grave insult to the entire nation. Such disgraceful conduct cannot be normalised. We have urged the Commission to take immediate cognizance,” he wrote in a post on X.
A high-level BJP delegation met the @ECISVEEP today with deep sorrow and anger.
For @kharge ji to call Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji a “terrorist” is not just a remark, it is a grave insult to the entire nation.
Such disgraceful conduct cannot be normalised. We have urged the… pic.twitter.com/oBkzPkaWf0
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) April 22, 2026
What did Kharge say?
Kharge’s remarks came on the final day of campaigning in Tamil Nadu. He told the gathering: “Periyar, Dr Ambedkar, Annadurai, Kamaraj and Kalaignar – these people stood for women’s reservation, justice, equality and fraternity. Modi is not for these principles… How can these AIADMK people join hands with Modi when their party itself was founded by Annadurai? He is a terrorist. His party does not believe in equality and justice. These people are joining with them – it means they are weakening democracy.”
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