Election 2019: DMK's Vellore Candidate Kathir Anand Petitions EC to Revoke Order Cancelling LS Polls

Election 2019: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who was banned from campaigning for 72 hours starting April 15, found himself in fresh trouble on Tuesday after the Election Commission issued him a fresh notice for making inflammatory speeches in Uttar Pradesh. The EC, prima facie, found him guilty of violating the poll code.

The central government has cancelled the business visa given to Bangladeshi actor Ferdous Ahmed and has issued a Leave India notice for allegedly campaigning for the Trinamool Congress in Bengal, officials said.

The Election Commission of India has sought a report from the district magistrate of Katihar ion Bihar after Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu appealed to Muslims not to vote for the BJP.

An FIR has been registered against Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Satti for using an expletive against Congress president Rahul Gandhi while campaigning in Shimla yesterday. Satti had made the derogatory remarks while defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the Congress leader’s ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ remark.

The Congress had filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Satti and demanded an apology from him. The BJP leader, however, had refused to tender an apology, saying he merely read out the contents of a message which was already viral on social media.

?I have narrated an incident while addressing a public meeting in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district whereby a derogatory remark was made against Rahul in retaliation of using ?chor? word for PM in a viral social media message,? Satti told PTI.

?The person who used the derogatory word and made such a message viral cannot be our worker. Even then I asked my workers to restrain from using such remark or sharing such messages,? he said.

He said the Congress leaders listened to only a part of his speech.

?They should hear my speech in totality and then they will come to the conclusion that I have not used any derogatory remark against Rahul Gandhi,? Satti said.

He said, ?Our workers have their own sentiments for the PM. So, Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders should also apologise for using ?chor? word for PM in public meetings and should stop using that word for Modi?.

Talking to PTI, state Congress general secretary Rajneesh Kimta said he has filed a complaint against Satti with the Election Commission for the remarks.

Kimta said he also filed an online complaint with Sadar police station and sent a copy of it to Shimla superintendent of police.

When contacted, Shimla SP Omapati Jamwal said, ?An online complaint has been received at Sadar police station. We are studying the contents of the complaint.?

Kimta said the Congress would hold protest rallies across the state on Tuesday at 11 am.

?If Satti does not apologise publicly for making the derogatory remarks, the Congress will not hesitate to gherao him,? he added.

In Delhi, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said one cannot expect anything better from the BJP as it is their culture to abuse, started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the 2014 elections.

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