Congress moves EC against Anurag Thakur's 'property to Muslim' remark, says it 'violates standards of decency & truth'

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1 min read 27 Apr 2024, 10:19 PM IST checkcibilBtn

Written By Arshdeep kaur

Anurag Thakur followed successful the footsteps of the PM and the UP CM and made a astir outrageous code that violates each standards of decency and truth, isolated from the EC's Model Code of Conduct itself, the Congress said

Union Minister Anurag Thakur takes a selfie with supporters during an predetermination  run  for the Lok Sabha elections, connected  Friday (Anurag Thakur-X)Premium Union Minister Anurag Thakur takes a selfie with supporters during an predetermination run for the Lok Sabha elections, connected Friday (Anurag Thakur-X)

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Congress connected Saturday filed a complained with the Election Commission against Union Minister and BJP person Anurag Thakur for his "outrageous" remarks made astatine an predetermination rally, alleging that it violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

Party wide caput Jairam Ramesh alleged Thakur's remarks “violates standards of decency and truth" portion informing that Congress has sought "immediate and meaningful" enactment against him, failing which they volition "name and shame the offenders".

“Today, Anurag Thakur followed successful the footsteps of the PM and the UP Chief Minister and made a astir outrageous code that violates each standards of decency and truth, isolated from the EC's Model Code of Conduct itself."

"@INCIndia has written to the ECI to instrumentality enactment of the code and contented Mr. Thakur a announcement immediately. The ECI indispensable realise that a deficiency of meaningful enactment emboldens these atrocious religion actions," Ramesh said successful a station connected X (formerly Twitter).

“And if they bash not instrumentality enactment past we volition sanction and shame these offenders who deliberation they are supra the law, some successful the arena of the nationalist arsenic good arsenic earlier the courts," the station further read.

At a caller predetermination rally, Thakur accused the Congress of moving with a overseas manus to springiness people's spot to Muslims alternatively of their children. The aforesaid remark was earlier made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

"A overseas manus seems to beryllium down the Congress hand, which wants to manus implicit your child's wealthiness to Muslims and privation to decorativeness the country's atomic weapons and wants to disagreement the state connected caste and spiritual basis.

"The 'tukde tukde' pack has wholly taken implicit the Congress and its ideology and you person to determine connected whether to enactment the 'tukde tukde' pack of the Congress oregon basal with Narendra Modi who is making India 'Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat'," Thakur said astatine a canvass rally successful Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur.

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Published: 27 Apr 2024, 10:19 PM IST

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