Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh informed that party leaders Salman Kurshid, Pawan Khera, Mukul Wasnik, and Gurdeep Sappal, on Monday met with the Election Commission of India (EC) and argued six complaints, two of them against Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi for his Muslim League thought remark.
PM Modi on Saturday had said that the party’s thoughts in the manifesto resemble those of the Muslim League during the pre-Independence period.
From the documents shared, Congress has complained that PM Modi accused the Congress manifesto, for Lok Sabha Polls 2024, of attempting to divide India. The Congress flagged PM Mod’s claim that Congress manifesto is imposing pre-independence ideology of the Muslim League.
PM Modi during his Saturday’s Ajmer rally said, “The Congress issued a bundle of lies in the form of its manifesto which has unmasked the party. Every page reeks of attempts to tear India apart. It reflects the thoughts that the Muslim League had before Independence. The Congress wants to impose the Muslim League’s thoughts from that era on the India of today. And what is remaining of the manifesto is dominated by communist and leftist thoughts”.
“This is the time for the Election Commission to demonstrate its independence by ensuring a level playing field for all parties.”, Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
On Monday Congress leader Pawan Khera said, “We raised many issues, we lodged a strong objection to the way the Prime Minister gave the status of Muslim League to our manifesto.”
“We also expressed our views on the Prime Minister’s holdings in universities…Since elections have just been declared, the Election Commission should recommend whoever it wants to remove or not, the ministry is currently a caretaker government, and they do not have the right to impose restrictions on freedom of speech like this…” Khera added.
Congress in their complaint also alleged that BJP has been using armed forces for election campaigning in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
The Congress leader also argued other complaints registered against several leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. This includes a claim that Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has presented false information pertaining to his financial status in the election affidavit. In March 2024, Rajeev Chandrasekhar was announced as the BJP candidate from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
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Published: 08 Apr 2024, 03:53 PM IST