He said that he would not use the term again if these remarks have hurt anyone's feelings. The remarks made by the DMK MP were, however, later expunged by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla.
In Madhya Pradesh, 0.99 per cent of the voters went for the NOTA option out of total voter turnout of 77.15 per cent. In neighbouring Chhattisgarh, 1.29 per cent of the electors pressed the NOTA button. Here, the voter turnout was 76.3 per cent.