New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday issued a notice to BJP’s West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh over his remark on the Sitalkuchi killings of 4 males at Cooch Behar district. The ballot panel has sought a clarification from him on the problem by 10 am on Wednesday.
The notice said that Ghosh “made statements which are provocative and might severely incite the feelings”.
Further, the notice claimed that the assertion is in violation of assorted clauses of the Model Code of Conduct and provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and the Indian Penal Code.
Ghosh in a rally had remarked that there will likely be a “Sitalkuch-like incident everywhere”. Addressing an election rally at Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district, Ghosh mentioned, “Naughty boys obtained bullets at Sitalkuchi. If anybody dares to take the regulation into his arms, this can occur to him additionally.”
“The naughty boys, who had presumed that the rifles of the central forces had been simply for a present throughout election responsibility, is not going to dare repeat the identical mistake after seeing what occurred in Sitalkuchi,” he added.
Violence had erupted at a polling sales space at Sitalkuch in Cooch Behar through the fourth spherical of polling in West Bengal on Saturday. Four individuals died as CISF personnel opened fireplace after some individuals “attempted to snatch their rifles” whereas voting was underway in Sitalkuchi meeting constituency.
The ruling TMC on Sunday had demanded the EC ban Ghosh from campaigning within the poll-bound state over his remarks on the killing of 4 individuals in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi. It alleged that Central Forces opened fireplace twice at a polling sales space the place individuals had been casting their votes, killing 4 occasion employees.
Meanwhile, the fifth and sixth phases of the continued elections will happen on April 17 and April 22, respectively. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
