The Election Commission of India (ECI) has barred Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala from holding any public meetings, public processions, public rallies, road shows, interviews, and from making public utterances in media for a period of 48 hours for his remarks against BJP leader Hema Malini.
The panel also strongly condemned the “impugned statement” made by him and reprimanded him for the misconduct.
The Commission invoked Article 324 of the Constitution that empowers the poll panel for “superintendence, direction, and control of elections” and Clause (2) of the ‘General Conduct’ of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) to bar Mr. Surjewala for two days.
