The EC order said Maneka not only violated provisions of the model code, but also the Representation of the People Act dealing with "corrupt practice"
Pic courtesy/Twitter/Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday "strongly condemned" Union Minister Maneka Gandhi for her "ABCD" remark in Sultanpur where she warned voters that government work suffers in areas which do not vote for her. The commission also warned her not to repeat "such misconduct in future". The EC order said Maneka not only violated provisions of the model code, but also the Representation of the People Act dealing with "corrupt practice".
EC in a letter to Union Min Maneka Gandhi: Based on the available evidence&material facts in the matter before EC, hereby, strongly condemns the impugned statements made by her (on 14 April in Sultanpur's Sarkoda village) & warns her not to repeat such misconduct in future. pic.twitter.com/BjKm91vinY
— ANI (@ANI) April 29, 2019
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Addressing a poll meeting in Sarkoda village in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh on April 14, Maneka had said, "We win in Pilibhit every time, so what is the parameter that we work more for one village and less for the other?" "The parameter is that we segregate all villages as A, B, C, and D. The village where we get 80 per cent votes is A, the village in which we get 60 per cent is B, the village in which we get 50 per cent is kept in C category and the village where we get less than 50 per cent is marked as D."
#ElectionCommission "strongly condemned" Union Min #ManekaGandhi for her statement asking #Muslims in #Sultanpur in #UttarPradesh to #vote for her if they wanted her to get their work done after she wins from the constituency.#LokSabhaElections2019 #Dangal2019
— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) April 29, 2019
Photo: IANS pic.twitter.com/EhHJkH3cXV
She said the development work first happens in all A category villages. Then comes B and only after work in B is done, we start with C, the minister had said. On April 15, the poll panel had reprimanded her and barred her from holding campaigning for 48 hours for her communal remarks.
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