The Election Fee on Monday directed the Congress to offer a clarification on a tweet that quoted get together chief Sonia Gandhi as saying that the get together would “not permit anybody to pose a risk to Karnataka’s status, sovereignty or integrity”.
The Congress had posted the tweet on Might 6 after the get together’s rally at Hubbali in Karnataka. Nevertheless, based on an unidentified Congress official, somebody from the social media crew of the get together had misinterpreted Gandhi’s speech and he or she had by no means used the phrase sovereignty whereas addressing the rally, reported The Hindu.
Nonetheless, the Bharatiya Janata Occasion filed a criticism with the Election Fee on Monday demanding fast and agency motion in opposition to Gandhi. It additionally demanded that the ballot panel ought to contemplate de-recognising the get together.
“Karnataka is a vital member state within the Union of India and any name to guard the sovereignty of a member state of the Union of India quantities to a name for secession and is fraught with perilous and pernicious penalties,” the saffron get together stated.
The ballot physique, within the discover to the Congress, quoted the criticism as saying that the tweet violates provisions of the Illustration of the Folks Act. “You’re requested to make clear and take rectification measures in respect of the social media publish which has been put up on the INC Twitter deal with and attributed to Chairperson CPP [Congress Parliamentary Party].”
On Monday, Congress had additionally accused the Election Fee of being biased after the ballot physique issued a discover to its Karnataka unit in reference to the “corruption price card” ads revealed in newspapers.
The ads alleged that underneath the Bharatiya Janata Occasion-led authorities within the state, there have been mounted charges of bribes that folks wanted to pay for job appointments and transfers. The Congress was issued a discover on this regard on Saturday after the BJP had filed a criticism. It stated that prima facie, it appeared that the Congress had violated the provisions of the Mannequin Code of Conduct.
The Congress had stated that this is likely to be the primary time that the election fee has summoned a nationwide get together to offer proof in assist of a political commercial.
