[dropcap]E[/dropcap]LECTION Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the removal of Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh from the list of star campaigners of Bhartiya Janta Party for the general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the NCT of Delhi with immediate effect and until further orders.
ECI has ordered the removal of Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh from the list of star campaigners of Bhartiya Janta Party for the general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the NCT of Delhi with immediate effect and until further orders.https://t.co/lwetmdO9EX
— The Leaflet (@TheLeaflet_in) January 29, 2020
Earlier, the ECI issued a show-cause notice to Thakur for violating the Model Code of Conduct by chanting ‘desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maro sa**on ko’ (shoot the traitors) at a poll rally in Delhi on Monday.
Election Commission has ordered the removal of Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh from the list of star campaigners of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for #DelhiElections2020 with immediate effect and until further orders. pic.twitter.com/wSi5EtyRPQ
— The Leaflet (@TheLeaflet_in) January 29, 2020
Anurag Thakur has been given time till 12 noon on January 30 to respond to the notice, failing which the commission shall take a decision without any reference to you.
In the show-cause notice, the EC referred to section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, dealing with attempts to promote enmity or hatred between different classes of citizens on the grounds of religion, race, caste, community or language.
EC issues notice to BJP leader cum MoS (Finance) Anurag Thakur for his controversial remark during an election rally in Delhi. He has been asked to reply to the notice by 12 noon on 30.01.2020.#DelhiElections2020 pic.twitter.com/0PLmGK2I7j
— The Leaflet (@TheLeaflet_in) January 28, 2020
On the other hand, BJP parliamentarian Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma said “This is not just another election. It is an election to decide the unity of a nation. If the BJP comes to power on February 11, you will not find a single protester within an hour. And within a month, we will not spare a single mosque built on government land”.
Elaborating his remarks to news agency ANI on Tuesday, he said, “Lakhs of people gather there (Shaheen Bagh)… They will enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, kill them. There’s time today, (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji and Amit Shah won’t come to save you tomorrow.”