NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued show-cause notice to Congress leader Supriya Shrinate and BJP leader Dilip Ghosh over their controversial remarks. While Shrinate had triggered a controversy with an objectionable Instagram post against Kangana Ranaut, BJP’s candidate from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, Dilip Ghosh is in trouble for his remarks against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
The poll panel found remarks of Dilip Ghosh and Supriya Shrinate to be ‘undignified and in bad taste’. Prima facie, the two remarks were violative of the Model Code of Conduct and its advisory to political parties to maintain dignity during electioneering, the Election Commission said. The two leaders have been asked to respond to the show-cause notices by March 29 evening.
Shrinate’s post targeted Kangana Ranaut after she was declared BJP candidate. She claimed that some parody account on social media had made the “objectionable post” and she had reported the same on X. In a video posted by her, the Congress leader said that as soon as she came to know, she deleted the post from her account.
“Many people have access to my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Someone from them made an extremely inappropriate post today. As soon as I came to know, I deleted that post. Everyone who knows me also knows very well that I can never make personal and indecent comments towards any woman. I wanted to know how this happened,” the Congress leader said.
Dilip Ghosh, on the other hand, had attacked Mamata and had questioned the parentage of Trinamool chief? The former West Bengal BJP president, presently contesting from the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, mocked TMC’s slogan of “Bangla Nijer Meye ke chai (Bengal wants its own daughter)”.
“When she goes to Goa, she says she is the daughter of Goa. In Tripura, she says she is the daughter of Tripura. First, let her clarify…,” he had said.
Dilip Ghosh today apologised for his remarks after the BJP sought an explanation from him. Maintaining that his party and other people have reservations about his choice of words, Ghosh said, “If it is so, I am sorry for that.” BJP chief JP Nadda issued a notice seeking clarification from the West Bengal leader. “Your comment is indecent, unparliamentary and against the tradition of our party. The party strongly condemns such comments,” the BJP notice to Ghosh said.
(With inputs from agencies)
The poll panel found remarks of Dilip Ghosh and Supriya Shrinate to be ‘undignified and in bad taste’. Prima facie, the two remarks were violative of the Model Code of Conduct and its advisory to political parties to maintain dignity during electioneering, the Election Commission said. The two leaders have been asked to respond to the show-cause notices by March 29 evening.
Shrinate’s post targeted Kangana Ranaut after she was declared BJP candidate. She claimed that some parody account on social media had made the “objectionable post” and she had reported the same on X. In a video posted by her, the Congress leader said that as soon as she came to know, she deleted the post from her account.
“Many people have access to my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Someone from them made an extremely inappropriate post today. As soon as I came to know, I deleted that post. Everyone who knows me also knows very well that I can never make personal and indecent comments towards any woman. I wanted to know how this happened,” the Congress leader said.
Dilip Ghosh, on the other hand, had attacked Mamata and had questioned the parentage of Trinamool chief? The former West Bengal BJP president, presently contesting from the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, mocked TMC’s slogan of “Bangla Nijer Meye ke chai (Bengal wants its own daughter)”.
“When she goes to Goa, she says she is the daughter of Goa. In Tripura, she says she is the daughter of Tripura. First, let her clarify…,” he had said.
Dilip Ghosh today apologised for his remarks after the BJP sought an explanation from him. Maintaining that his party and other people have reservations about his choice of words, Ghosh said, “If it is so, I am sorry for that.” BJP chief JP Nadda issued a notice seeking clarification from the West Bengal leader. “Your comment is indecent, unparliamentary and against the tradition of our party. The party strongly condemns such comments,” the BJP notice to Ghosh said.
(With inputs from agencies)