Kapil Mishra faces 48-hour campaigning ban over ‘India vs Pak’ tweet
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- Published: January 25, 2020 15:06
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday imposed a 48-hour ban on BJP candidate from Delhi”s Model Town constituency Kapil Mishra from election campaigning.
The ban order, signed by the Chief Election Commissioner and two fellow Election Commissioners, would come into force from 5 PM on Saturday, they said.
#DelhiElections2020: The Election Commission, has banned BJP candidate Kapil Mishra from campaigning for 48 hours starting 5 pm today, for Mishra’s ‘India vs Pak contest on Feb 8’ tweet (file pic) pic.twitter.com/WaHjdEUVAD
— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2020
While Twitter had taken down one of his controversial tweets on Friday following directions of the EC, an FIR was lodged against him under section 125 of the Representation of the People Act dealing with creating enmity among classes.
The election will be a triangular fight involving the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Polling will be held on February 8 and the results declared on February 11.