Chief Election Officer (CEO) of Delhi has sought a report from the returning officer of Delhi’s Rithala constituency over Union Minister Anurag Thakur’s speech at an election rally on Monday, January 27.
The Minister of State (MoS) for Finance and Corporate Affairs had allegedly used inflammatory slogans at a BJP campaign rally in Delhi.
In his rally, an incendiary slogan that “traitors should be shot”, after he lashed out at anti-CAA protestors were raised.
Thakur, if found guilty, will become the second BJP leader to be pulled up by the Election Commission during the course of campaigns for the Delhi Assembly elections.
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Earlier, the poll watchdog on January 25 had placed a temporary ban for 48 hours on BJP candidate Kapil Mishra from campaigning for Delhi assembly elections for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
In a tweet, Mishra termed the ensuing Assembly elections in the national capital as a contest between ‘India and Pakistan.’
Voting for all 70 seats in Delhi Assembly will be held on February 8 and the counting process will begin on February 11.