CM moves poll panel, seeks action against PM for poll code ‘breach’
Thursday, 11/04/2019
https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/04/10/cm-moves-poll-panel-seeks-action-against-pm-for-poll-code-breach/
Chandigarh : Taking strong exception to Narendra Modi’s invocation of the success of the Indian armed forces and the recent martyrdom of security personnel, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday shot off a complaint letter to the Election Commission, seeking action against the prime minister for violation of the code of conduct.
Terming Modi’s speech in Maharashtra, which has been widely reported by the media, as “shockingly disgraceful”, the Chief Minister said it was “a clear case of violation of the code of conduct, which constitutes the bedrock of free and fair election” and failure to check such instances suggested bias on the part of the Election Commission.
In his letter to CEC Sunil Arora, Captain Amarinder strongly protested against the Prime Minister using the success of the Balakot air strikes by the Indian Air Force and the sacrifice of the martyrs of the Pulwama attacks to woo first-time voters.
“That a person of the stature of the Prime Minister should indulge in such shameful acts makes a mockery of the democratic process of election and undermines the independence of the Election Commission as well as the armed forces, who have always prided themselves on their secular character,” the CM wrote.
Capt described as extremely unfortunate the fact that the Prime Minister was being allowed to engage in this kind of prejudicial behaviour, without the Election Commission taking any action to put a stop to such wilful violation of the code of conduct, for the past several weeks.
