New Delhi, April 24 -- The Congress on Thursday told the Election Commission of India's (ECI) that party chief Mallikarjun Kharge did not violate the model code of conduct and had already clarified his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the poll panel had not acted against the Bharatiya Janata Party.

On Wednesday, ECI had issued a show cause notice to Kharge, saying that he prima facie violated the model code of conduct when he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "terrorist" during a press conference in Chennai. Kharge had made the comment during a press conference on the final day of campaigning for the Tamil Nadu elections on Tuesday. He later defended himself, saying he meant the PM was "terrorising" the democ...