Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday came to defend the party's chief Mallikarjun Kharge over his comments on PM Modi's rally in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that his "party does not hate PM Modi but loves the country," ANI reported.

According to ANI, his comments come in response to the Union Home Minister attacking the Kharge on Monday, saying that the Congress chief had outperformed himself, the party leaders, and the party in being "distasteful and disgraceful" during his speech on the last day of campaigning for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls.