Karnataka Polls: ECI issues show-cause notices to MLAs Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Priyank Kharge

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Karnataka Polls: ECI issues show-cause notices to MLAs Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Priyank Kharge

ECI cited that Basanagouda made a personal remark against a rival party leader, which was, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, while Kharge used 'abusive language' against the Prime Minister.

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May 3, 2023 20:29 IST
Karnataka Polls: ECI issues show-cause notices to MLAs Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Priyank Kharge
Karnataka Polls: ECI issues show-cause notices to MLAs Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Priyank Kharge

New Delhi: Election Commission of India issued show-cause notices to BJP MLA Basanagouda R Patil Yatnal and Congress MLA Priyank Kharge for their personal attacks and language during campaigning in Karnataka. ECI cited that Basanagouda made a personal remark against a rival party leader, which was, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, while Kharge used ‘abusive language’ against the Prime Minister.

The campaigning for Karnataka elections has witnessed heated personal remarks from both Congress and BJP. Basanagouda, in a public meeting, called Sonia Gandhi a ‘vishkanya’ (venomous woman) while Priyank Kharge called PM Narendra Modi a ‘Nalayak’ (useless) son.

Addressing the public, Kharge replied to PM Modi’s statement where he called himself a ‘son from the Banjara community sitting in Delhi’ in Kalaburgi. The Congress MLA asked that with such a useless son (nalayak beta) how will the house be run?

Both parties have been targeting each other for making such statements and PM Modi, in a speech, mentioned that Congress has 91 times used abusive language against him.

Congress approached the Election Commission after Basanagouda’s remark and a couple of days back, BJP also filed a complaint against Priyank.

Earlier, Priyank’s father and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge made the ‘poisonous snake’ remark, after which, he issued a clarification that it was not targeted towards PM Modi but was for the ideology of RSS and BJP. Mallikarjun Kharge also addressed the media on Priyank’s remark and said that it was not targeted at PM Modi, the statement was for the MP who abused him.

Karnataka will undergo voting for the Assembly Polls on May 10 and the counting of votes will take place on May 13.

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