Madhya Pradesh: Datia By-Poll: BJP Wants PCC Chief Banned From Campaigning
The party accused Mr. Patwari of spreading ‘lies’ to tarnish the image of chief minister Mohan Yadav and his government: Reports
BHOPAL: The ruling BJP here on Monday moved the Election Commission seeking a ban on campaigning by state Congress chief Jitu Patwari for the July 30 by-elections to Datia Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, apprehending that his provocative poll speeches, ‘dishing out lies’, may incite law and order problem in the constituency.
A delegation of BJP has made a representation to the chief electoral officer (CEO) here seeking to prohibit the Congress leader from entering into the Datia Assembly constituency during the by-election period since his speeches in which he makes ‘all kinds of baseless allegations’ against the Mohan Yadav government threatens to spark law and order issue in the area.
The party accused Mr. Patwari of spreading ‘lies’ to tarnish the image of chief minister Mohan Yadav and his government.
The BJP’s representation to the EC comes in the wake of Mr. Patwari alleging that the ruling party was planning to purchase votes at the rate of Rs 5,000 per electorate to win the by-elections.
He further alleged that the BJP was going to spend Rs 50 crore in the by-election to distribute cash and liquor to the voters to woo them to vote for the ruling party.
The Congress leader has floated a theory that if the voters do not get money from the BJP, then it can be construed that the money is siphoned off by the BJP leaders, given charge of distributing money to the voters.
