The Returning Officer (RO) has issued a showcause notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kapil Mishra over his tweet on Delhi Assembly elections.

The notice has listed Mishra’s tweets posted on Thursday and said, “Clause 1(1) of the Model Code of Conduct stipulates that no party or candidate shall include in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religion or linguistic.”

It further says that Mishra’s act violates the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct and the same is punishable under law; he has been asked to explain why action should not be initiated against him.

This comes after Election Commission of India (ECI) sought a report from the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Mishra’s tweet, ANI reported.

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8 फरवरी को दिल्ली की सड़कों पर हिंदुस्तान और पाकिस्तान का मुकाबला होगा

— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) January 23, 2020

Mishra had said in the tweet that the assembly elections on February 8 will be like an India-Pakistan match.

He had further explained his tweets and claimed that the protest against citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh is Pakistan sponsored. “Pakistan has entered Shaheen Bagh. Mini Pakistans are being created in Delhi. The Indian law is not followed in areas like Shaheen Bagh, Chand Bagh and Inderlok. Pakistani hooligans have captured the streets of Delhi,” Mishra said in his tweet posted in Hindi on Thursday.

He also said that mini Pakistans are being created in Delhi by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress and that these seditious people will get an answer from patriotic Indians on February 8. “AAP and Congress have created these mini-Pakistans, like the one in Shaheen Bagh. They will get the answer from India on February 8. Whenever seditious people create a Pakistan in India, they will come face-to-face with patriotic Indians,” Mishra said.