Election 2019 LIVE: Uttar Pradesh Election Commission has sent a video of Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi press conference to the Chief Election Commissioner after a BJP leader approached poll body over usage of ‘chowkidar chor hai‘ phrase after filing nominations.
The Congress today questioned the decision of the Election Commission to suspend a high-ranking poll official deputed to Odisha for allegedly checking the prime minister’s chopper and said EC rules “do not exempt” PM’s vehicle from being checked. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel took to Twitter to ask if SPC protectees of the grand old party could be subjected to inspection, why the same rule could not be applied to the BJP.
The Congress accused the EC of “bias” after it suspended Karnataka cadre IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin for what the poll panel said was “dereliction of duty” with regard to “SPG protectees”. The Congress also wondered what Modi was carrying in his helicopter that he did not want India to see. According to an EC order, IAS officer Mohsin was suspended for “actions contrary to the instructions of the Commission concerning SPG protectees” on April 16 the day SPG-protectee Prime Minister Modi visited Sambalpur in Odisha to address an election rally.
Meanwhile, newly inducted BJP member and Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur today hit out at the Opposition for questioning her candidature from Bhopal and asked why the colour saffron was associated with terror. “Tomorrow they can link terror with Muslims, Christians, men and women; saffron is the colour of our flag. They have tried their best to break me but I have and always will work for the country,” she said, adding that she would be filing her nomination on April 23.
Thakur’s candidature has given fresh ammunition to the Opposition. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah also hit out at the BJP over its decision to field the blast accused, asking that if Thakur could not stay in prison due to her health condition, how could she campaign for the Lok Sabha election.
In a dramatic turn of events, a Kanpur doctor hurled a shoe at BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao while he was addressing a press conference to defend Thakur’s candidature. The doctor, who was immediately overpowered and detained, identified himself as Shakti Bhargava, sources said. The police, however, were yet to officially confirm his identity.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi battled it out on the former’s home turf Gujarat today as 95 seats across 11 states and a Union Territory vote in Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections.
Voting for Phase 2 of the Lok Sabha elections began today with 95 seats across 11 states and one in the Union Territory of Puducherry. The elections are being held in the shadow of multiple Income Tax raids, with the department saying a cash-for-votes scam was being run in Tamil Nadu. Elections in 38 Lok Sabha and 18 assembly seats of the state are being held, though polling in the Vellore seat has been cancelled following huge cash haul by Income Tax officials. Elections are also being held in 35 assembly constituencies in Odisha.
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