Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi is served an advisory from the EC
Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued an advisory to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to be more careful and cautious in the future, in his remarks on leaders including the Prime Minister.
The election governing body said that the advisory comes after considering all facts in the matter related to certain remarks against Prime Minister, including Delhi High Court order and Gandhi's reply.
Delhi High Court on December 21 said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s speech given on November 22 against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a 'pickpocket' was 'not in good taste'. The court directed the Election Commission to decide the matter within 8 weeks.
The Wayanad MP was issued a show-cause notice by the Election Commission (EC) in Novemeber for allegedly targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi through his remarks wherein he used the words 'panauti' and 'pickpocket'.
Gandhi had trained guns at an election rally in Bayatu, located in the Barmer district of Rajasthan and said that pickpockets act as a group where one diverts your attention while the other picks your pocket. The Congress leader had alleged that in a similar fashion, Modi diverts attention from the main issues by raising Hindu-Muslim while the other picks your pocket.
Rahul Gandhi had also said the Indian cricket team would have won the ICC World Cup but Modi reached the venue and brought bad luck (served as a panauti) with his presence., leading to the team’s loss.
Of late, the senior Congress leader has taken a dig at PM Modi quite a few
