Kharge calls PM Modi a terrorist and criticizes the AIADMK for its collaboration with the BJP.

Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the Congress, stirred up controversy on Tuesday by calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “terrorist” and denouncing the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for supporting him.

Addressing reporters in Chennai, Kharge questioned the AIADMK’s decision to join hands with the Prime Minister. “How these AIADMK people, who themselves put the photo of Annadurai, how can they join Modi? He is a terrorist. His party won’t believe in equality and justice. These people are joining with them; it means they are weakening democracy.”

“You need leaders who will not bow before the BJP and will stand up and fight, that is MK Stalin. Today, AIADMK has lost its identity. It has become a silent-slave partner of the BJP. It cannot protect Tamil Nadu’s interest, because it has become a slave of PM Modi,” he added.

He then clarified his statement saying he did not mean to call the prime minister a “terrorist” but meant that he “always terrorises” people and political parties. “He (PM Modi) is terrorising people and political parties. I never said he is a terrorist…What I mean, I want to clarify, is that Modi always threatens. The institutions like ED, I-T and CBI are in his hands. He wants to take delimitation also into his hands,” he said.

Additionally, Kharge accused PM Modi of violating the Model Code of Conduct by speaking to the country following the Parliament’s failure to approve the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026. He added that the Election Commission was functioning as the BJP’s extended arm.
“The violation of the Model Code of Conduct by the Prime Minister in the middle of the election is completely unacceptable. The Election Commission has acted like an extension of the BJP’s office. First, we saw alleged manipulation of voter lists, then the SIR issue, and now there were attempts to control delimitation—which we opposed.

The prime minister was asked by the head of the legislature why he had not put the bill into effect when it was first passed in 2023. He continued by saying that PM Modi had expressed gratitude to the opposition in 2023 and that he is now asserting that Congress is not in favor of the legislation.

“Unfortunately, Modi is presenting a different narrative. He claims that, instead of opposing the failed delimitation bill, the party is opposing the Women’s Reservation Bill. This is not true. The Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in 2023, and we fully supported it. At the time, he even thanked us for that support.”

“We had only asked that, since the bill was passed, it should be implemented immediately using the existing strength of 543 seats. However, he said that implementation was not possible because the census had not been completed and delimitation had not been carried out. He stated that it would be implemented only after both processes were finished,” he added.Shehzad Poonawalla, the national spokesperson for the BJP, rushed to X in minutes to criticize the Congress for labeling the prime minister a “terrorist.”

Poonawalla stated in his post that the PM has been mistreated by the Congress 175 times so far.