Raipur: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday mentioned that the Election Fee has taken cognizance of the grievance in opposition to Congress Nationwide Common Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and now the constitutional physique has to take additional motion on this.”Our social gathering complained, and the Election Fee has taken cognizance of it and despatched a discover. Now the Fee has to take additional motion,” CM Sarma informed ANI right here.
The Election Fee on Tuesday issued a show-cause discover to Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her “false assertion” in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a public rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh the place the mannequin code of conduct has come into power.
The fee has requested the Congress chief to elucidate the assertion by November 16 by 8:00 pm, as to why acceptable motion for violation of the mannequin code of conduct (MCC) in addition to provisions of election and penal legal guidelines shouldn’t be taken in opposition to her.
The discover from the Elections Fee got here following a grievance filed by the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) to the ballot physique that whereas addressing a public rally at Sanwer Meeting Constituency in Madhya Pradesh, “she made unverified and false statements in respect of PM Narendra Modi which have the potential to mislead the general public and tarnish the picture of PM.
“You’re hereby referred to as upon to elucidate your assertion made in opposition to star campaigner of one other Nationwide Celebration and to point out trigger by 2000 hrs of 16th November 2023 as to why acceptable motion for violation of Mannequin Code of Conduct shouldn’t be taken in opposition to you,” the ballot physique mentioned within the discover issued to Priyanka.
The ECI additional mentioned that clause 2 of Half I `Common Conduct`of Mannequin Code of Conduct for the steerage of Political Events and Candidates` provides–“Criticism of different political events, when made, shall be confined to their insurance policies and programme, document and work. Events and Candidates shall chorus from criticism of all elements of personal life, not related with the general public actions of the leaders or employees of different events. Criticism of different events or their employees primarily based on unverified allegations or distortion shall be averted.”
