The electric field in a region surrounding the origin is uniform and along the $x$ - axis. A small circle is drawn with the centre at the origin cutting the axes at points $A, B, C, D$ having co-ordinates $(a, 0), (0, a), (-a, 0), (0, -a)$; respectively as shown in figure then potential in minimum at the point
  • A$A$
  • B$B$
  • C$C$
  • D$D$
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