Taking cognisance of the alleged Model Code of Conduct violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought a response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by April 29.
Opposition Parties Accused PM Modi Of Committing Blatant Violations Of Electoral Laws
In its complaint to the ECI, the Opposition parties accused the Prime Minister of committing blatant violations of electoral laws, as well as of the Indian Penal Code, while addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara on April 21.
Congress said that the speech delivered by PM Modi, the star campaigner of BJP for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, was “highly objectionable, divisive and ex-facie illegal.”
During the rally, the Prime Minister had said, “The Congress manifesto says that they will calculate the gold with mothers and sisters, and then distribute that property. They will distribute it to whom… Manmohan Singh’s government had said that Muslims have the first right on the country’s assets.”
“When their government was in power earlier, they had said that Muslims have the first right on the country’s assets. This means to whom will this property be distributed? It will be distributed among those who have more children and to the infiltrators. Will your hard-earned money be distributed to the infiltrators and do you really approve of this?” he had added.