Mallikarjun Kharge seeks 15 days more to reply to ECI notice 'due to hectic election campaign'

Political observers said the replies may not come any time soon as election campaign was set to peak in the coming weeks. ECI's notice to Kharge in his capacity as Congress president followed BJP's complaint that alleged Gandhi made "derisive and obnoxious utterances" against Modi and that Gandhi "created linguistic and cultural divide" during the campaign speeches.