The Election Commission of India has barred Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao from holding any public meetings, rallies, shows and interviews as well as making “public utterances” in print, electronic and social media for a period of 48 hours starting 8 p.m. on Wednesday (May 1).
The ECI strongly condemned the statement made by him at a press meet in Sircilla on April 5 and reprimanded the BRS president for his misconduct. Accordingly, the ECI has barred Mr. Rao from holding public meetings and other election related activities under Article 324.
The ECI referred to a complaint filed by TPCC vice-president G. Niranjan alleging that the BRS president violated the model code by making derogatory and objectionable comments against the Congress party .It quoted Mr. Rao as abusing Congress leaders referring to them as “sons of dogs” and lathkors (incompetent).
