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The Election Commission on Thursday sent a showcause notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, acting on a Congress complaint that Sarma allegedly made communal statements and unverified allegations against its candidate Mohammed Akbar.
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The notice said the poll panel received a complaint from the Congress that Sarma’s speech in Kawardha, Chhattisgarh on October 19 had violated the Model Code of Conduct. Citing provisions against communal speech and unverified allegations, the EC said prima facie the speech in question had violated the MCC as well as the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The EC asked him to reply by 5 pm on October 30.
Sarma had appealed to voters to remove Akbar, saying if one Akbar comes, he brings along 100 others. “Ek Akbar agar ek jagah aate hain, voh 100 Akbar ko bula kar laate hain, yeh baat bhoolye mat. Isliye jitna jaldi ho sakta hai, voh Akkar to aap vidaa kijiye, nahi toh ye Ma Kaushalya ka bhoomi apavitra ho jayega.”
He alleged that “love jihad” started during the Congress rule and Adivasis in Chhattisgarh and Assam were being “encouraged” to convert. He said when this was questioned, the response from the Congress was that they are secular. “Hindu ko maarna-thokna kya tumhaara secularism hai (is beating up Hindus, your secularism)?”
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