India, April 22 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's "terrorist" remark at Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election campaign event drew massive outrage from PM's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India to take action.

Kharge accused Prime Minister Modi of terrorising political parties and people by misusing government machinery and central agencies to stifle the opposition.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in poll-bound Tamil Nadu's Chennai, the Congress chief initially referred to the prime minister as a "terrorist" while criticising the AIADMK's alliance with the BJP.

Asked by reporters to clarify the context of the remark, Kharge later said he meant the prime minis...