Terming the Election Commission of India (ECI) ‘biased and selective’, BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao questioned its ‘lenient’ approach towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, despite their “highly divisive remarks on religion”.
At a press conference here on Thursday, Mr. Rama Rao alleged that the ECI is “highly influenced” by the bigwigs in Central government and failed to act on the complaints against Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah. “More than 20,000 complaints have been lodged against both of them by various groups, political parties and citizens, but the ECI has just ignored them,” he said.
Mr. Rama Rao did not mince words accusing the ECI of being scared of Mr. Modi. On a specific complaint, the ECI preferred to serve a notice on BJP national president J.P. Nadda, rather than the PM, despite “highly provocative and incendiary statements”.
