The Election Commission has censured BJP MP Dilip Ghosh and Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for his or her derogatory remarks against women. The Election Commission on Wednesday slapped show-cause notices on BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for his or her offensive remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kangana Ranaut respectively.
The Commission, in its order after receiving their replies to notices issued to them over MCC violations, mentioned they’re satisfied that they made a private assault and thus violated the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct. They have been warned to stay cautious in public utterances throughout the Model Code of Conduct interval. Their election-related communications will probably be specifically and moreover monitored by the Commission any more.
The ballot panel mentioned that prima facie, the 2 remarks have been violative of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and its advisory to political events to take care of dignity throughout electioneering. The MCC got here into power on March 16 with the fee asserting the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections.
What the leaders mentioned
According to the EC discover, she had posted: “Kya bhav chal raha hai Mandi mein, koi batayega?” The discover to West Bengal BJP leader Ghosh was issued after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) approached the fee. According to the English translation of Ghosh’s comment, as offered by the EC in its discover, he had mentioned: “When Didi goes to Goa, she becomes Goa’s daughter, in Tripura, she says I am Tripura’s daughter, decide who is your father, this is not right”.
