Election Commission has asked AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal to 바카라explain the statements/ allegations/ averments바카라 made in the social media posts by 7 pm on Thursday.
The Election Commission (EC) has issued a showcause notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over two posts on 바카라X바카라 from the party handle, saying these were 바카라derogatory바카라, 바카라disparaging바카라 and built a 바카라slanderous narrative바카라 against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Acting on a complaint filed by the BJP on November 10, the EC said it was 바카라prima facie of the view that the tweets바카라 violate the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct read with relevant election and penal laws,바카라 IE reported.
It asked Kejriwal to 바카라explain the statements/ allegations/ averments바카라 made in the social media posts by 7 pm on Thursday, it mentioned.
In its two posts last week, the AAP had alleged that the PM Modi and his government work for industrialist Gautam Adani.
바카라바카라the first upload and tweet further comprise imagery including animation, caricature and drawings and modified content superimposing the Prime Minister with the business person Shri Adani, creating a narrative that the Prime Minister is supplicating before Shri Adani or beseeching him for favours or reporting to him,바카라 the EC notice said.
It said the AAP, its national convenor and candidates in the ongoing state elections 바카라ought to have verified the facts and have proof in its possession to justify the ex facie derogatory, insulting and disparaging animation, caricature, scam, nexus with a business person for a slanderous narrative against the star campaigner of another national party, who is a democratically elected Prime Minister of the nation.바카라
It said the two posts had prima facie violated the MCC provision against 바카라criticism of all aspects of private life, not connected with the public activities of the leaders바카라 criticism of other parties or their workers based on unverified allegations or distortion바카라바카라
The EC cited the Supreme Court order in a 1969 case, Guruji Shrihari Bhaliram Jivatode vs Vithalrao, where it said 바카라a campaign of slander is likely to create prejudice in the mind of the people바카라 against an individual. It also cited a 2021 Madras High Court order in the matter of TTV Dhinakaran vs City Public Prosecutor High Court Campus, where the court said it was 바카라of the view that irrespective of the political affiliation, 바카라 a person raised to the level of leader of a political party should show utmost respect to the others in public life.바카라
바카라바카라the Commission has also time and again issued advisories to political parties and candidates to maintain dignity in electoral campaigning, desist from transgressing the limits of decency and refrain from attacks on the personal character and conduct of political rivals as they can vitiate the level playing field. The spirit of the Model Code of Conduct is not just avoidance of a direct violation, but also prohibition on attempts to vitiate the electoral space through suggestive or indirect statements or innuendoes and consequently the democratic processes or harm public tranquility,바카라 the EC said.