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On Wednesday, the BJP said that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was “invoking the personal religious commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” to make false claims during her campaign in Rajasthan. They asked the Election Commission to punish her.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of the Congress Party, speaks at a public event in Jhunjhunu on Wednesday. The All India Mahila Congress (X)
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of the Congress Party, speaks at a public event in Jhunjhunu on Wednesday. The All India Mahila Congress (X)
Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Arjun Ram Meghwal, along with party leaders Anil Baluni and Om Pathak, were part of a BJP group that asked the EC to take legal action against the Congress general secretary.
The BJP said in its report that Vadra told a public meeting in Dausa on October 20 that she saw on TV that when an envelope of money that Modi gave to a temple was opened, it only had ₹21 inside. They also said that she saw the news and doesn’t know if the story is true or not.
She then attacked the BJP politically, saying that the party sends out “envelopes” but nothing is found inside them after the polls. The BJP’s complaint had a recording of what she said.
Rajasthan will hold its assembly elections on November 25.
When they talked to reporters, Meghwal and Puri said that she had done something “crime” according to the law.
“Is Priyanka Gandhi in charge of the law?” Does she believe in laws? She is using her faith views to make things worse. Meghwal said, “She can’t do it.” He also said that the story about Modi’s donation was false and had been picked up by the media. He said she was still telling lies about the prime minister’s visit to the temple in January.
In their letter to the EC, the BJP said, “Priyanka Gandhi’s statement has violated the very basic base of free and fair elections by invoking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal religious devotion.” It also said that she doesn’t know for sure if it’s true.
The BJP said that what she said was against the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of People Act.
It is against the RP Act for a candidate, his agent, or anyone else to make public a “statement of fact that is false, and that he either believes to be false or does not believe to be true, about the personal character or conduct of any candidate, or about the candidature or withdrawal of any candidate, being a statement reasonably calculated to hurt the prospects of that candidate’s election,” the party said.
It also said that the IPC thinks it is illegal to lie about an election if the goal is to change the outcome of the vote.
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“Therefore, the BJP asked the commission to start the right legal proceedings under the RPA 1951 and the Indian Penal Code, along with immediate action for violation of model code, to make sure that no one can sway the elections by making up lies, libelous and defamatory statements, or hurting people’s religious feelings by saying such careless things,” the party said.
