EC pulls up Sidhu for model code violation
31 Jan 2013 6:46 AM IST
The Election Commission has reprimanded BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu for violating the model code cf Conduct by making personal remarks against PM Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat poll campaign.
The Commission, in its order, issued on wednesday directed Sidhu to be more careful in future so that the provisions of Model Code are strictly adhered to and not violated. Sidhu, while campaigning for BJP in Gujarat’s Junagadh district, had on 29 Nov last year made a speech where he made certain personal remarks against the Prime Minister and Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) president Keshubhai Patel. ‘The EC is satisfied that Navjot Singh Sidhu has violated the provisions of the model code of conduct by making speech inciting communal/religious feeling and objectionable remarks on the private life of leaders of rival political parties.’
The Commission, in its order, issued on wednesday directed Sidhu to be more careful in future so that the provisions of Model Code are strictly adhered to and not violated. Sidhu, while campaigning for BJP in Gujarat’s Junagadh district, had on 29 Nov last year made a speech where he made certain personal remarks against the Prime Minister and Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) president Keshubhai Patel. ‘The EC is satisfied that Navjot Singh Sidhu has violated the provisions of the model code of conduct by making speech inciting communal/religious feeling and objectionable remarks on the private life of leaders of rival political parties.’
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