New Delhi, April 22 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said she appeared before the Election Commission to highlight "condemnable" remarks made by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging a repeated pattern of "abusive language" by the Opposition.

While speaking in the Joint Press Conference after the BJP delegation filed a complaint at the Election Commission, Sitharaman said that the Congress has shown a pattern of repeatedly using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Today we appeared before the polling commission to bring to their notice that the President of Congress and the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha have spoken in such condemnable words...