Bhopal: Election Commission on Wednesday barred BJP candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from campaigning for 72 hours for her remarks on former ATS chief Hemant Karkare and Babri mosque demolition. The ban would come into force from 6.00 AM, May 2 (Thursday). Holding Pragya guilty of violating model code of conduct, EC has barred her from conducting any public meetings, processions, rallies, road shows and interviews, public utterances in media, for three days. The panel “strongly condemned” her remarks and warned her “not to repeat the misconduct in future”. The EC said though Pragya had apologised for her statement against the slain IPS officer, it found the statement to be “unwarranted”.
BETTER IF NOMINATION HAD BEEN CANCELLED: DIGGY
Congress candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat Digvijay Singh on Wednesday welcomed the Election Commission’s order.It would have been better if her nomination had been cancelled, he said, reacting to the development. “The EC’s decision is welcome,” he said on Twitter. “It is natural when the BJP fields (a person) accused of terrorism and those (who) indulge in the politics of communal hatred. It would be better had the nomination of such candidates was cancelled for safeguarding the ideals of democratic values,” he tweeted.
