New Delhi, April 22 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday reacted to Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge's "terrorist" remark directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming the statement "premeditated" and demanding action from the Election Commission.

Referring to the timing of the remark, Poonawalla linked it to the ongoing remembrance of the Pahalgam terror attack anniversary.

Speaking to ANI, he said, "What has been said by Kharge ji is not a coincidence but a premeditated action. The language used against the three-time elected PM of India, and calling him a terrorist and saying it at a time when we are commemorating one year of Pahalgam."

He further alleged that such r...