CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury shot off a letter to the Election Commission demanding action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making inflammatory remarks in his speech in Rajasthan. Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc parties in a coordinated effort have called upon citizens to send in emails to the election panel raising this issue.
On April 21, Mr. Modi had said in Banswara, “should your hard-earned money be given to those with more children, infiltrators?”. Flagging the speech, Mr. Yechury said that this amounts to targeting one particular community and stands in total violation of Section 123 (3) of the Representation of People’s Act and the Model Code of Conduct.
He also quoted from EC’s own circulars, the latest was sent across on March 1, where the panel has advised the political parties against invoking religion and to maintain standard in public discourse. He also pointed out that CPI(M) has complained earlier of “blatant violations” by Mr. Modi but hasn’t got any response to the complaints.
