A BJP delegation comprising Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Kiren Rijiju, and Arjun Ram Meghwal appeared before the ECI to protest Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's "terrorist" remark for PM Narendra Modi. "It's the bottom-most pit they've [Congress] fallen into...calling him a terrorist in a deep hate towards the PM," Sitharaman said. The delegation demanded that ECI take stern action.