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PM Modi talking at a public rally in Banswara, Rajasthan. (Credit: X)
Amid mounting opposition stress, the Election Fee is learnt to have began analyzing complaints towards a speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan during which he advised that if the Congress got here to energy, it might redistribute the wealth of individuals to Muslims.
The Congress and the CPI-M had individually urged the ballot panel towards Modi’s speech on Sunday.
Modi on Sunday advised that if the Congress got here to energy, it might redistribute the wealth of individuals to Muslims and cited former PM Manmohan Singh’s comment that the minority group had the primary declare on the nation’s sources.
Sources mentioned the Election Fee has began analyzing complaints towards the speech made by the prime minister.
The Congress, whereas urging the Election Fee to take motion towards Modi for his “redistribution of wealth” remarks made in Rajasthan’s Banswara, alleged they have been ‘divisive’, ‘malicious’ and focused a selected spiritual group. Individually, CPI-M common secretary Sitaram Yechury, in a publish on X, additionally urged the Election Fee to take cognisance of the grievance and launch proceedings towards Modi and the BJP.
He additionally demanded that an FIR be lodged.
“Urge the ECI to take cognisance of this newest grievance and instantly launch proceedings towards Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP). An FIR must be lodged for inciting communal passions and hatred,” he mentioned.
Congress chief and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi mentioned it was a “trial of the EC” too and the ballot panel dangers tarnishing its legacy and abandoning its Constitutional responsibility by setting a precedent of helpless inaction that may go down in infamy.
First Printed: Apr 24 2024 | 11:50 PM IST
