The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on November 25 wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s alleged violation of electoral laws by breaching the 48 hours silence zone limit.
BJP Appeals ECI To Direct Platform X And Its Beneficiaries To Immediately Suspend Rahul Gandhi’s Account
This comes after Rahul Gandhi shared a social media post on Platform X on the day of the polls earlier today. The BJP in its letter to the ECI said that the post was a violation of the Representation of People Act 1951.
“Posting such a message on the date of polling in Rajasthan i.e 25th of November 2023, amounts to committing an offence under section 126 Representation of People Act 1951 which inter alia prohibits displaying any election matter by means, inter alia, of television or similar apparatus, during the 48 hours before the hour fixed for conclusion of poll in a constituency,” the BJP wrote.
“Violation of the aforesaid, provisions of Section 126 is punishable with imprisonment up to a period of two years, or with fine or both,” the letter further read.