Lok Sabha 2024: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued show cause notices to BJP MP Dilip Ghosh and Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for their derogatory remarks against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Mandi Kangana Ranaut, respectively.
Election Commission of India issues show cause notices to BJP MP Dilip Ghosh and Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for their remarks against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut respectively. pic.twitter.com/451FoJUP8I
— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2024
The Commission also emphasized that prima facie, the remarks made by the two leaders were in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and its advisory urging political parties to uphold dignity during election campaigning. Both individuals have been instructed to provide their responses to the show-cause notices by the evening of March 29.
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Dilip Ghosh, the former West Bengal BJP chief and current candidate for the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, faced criticism for a purported video clip in which he derided the family background of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee.
In the clip, the 59-year-old BJP leader remarked, “When Didi goes to Goa, she becomes Goa’s daughter, in Tripura she says I am Tripura’s daughter, decide who is your father, this is not right.”
BJP MP also mocked the TMC’s slogan for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, “Bangla Nijer Meye ke chai (Bengal wants its own daughter).”
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Meanwhile, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate drew controversy for a comment posted on social media platforms regarding Kangana Ranaut, the Bollywood actor and BJP candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh.
After facing backlash, Shrinate removed the contentious remarks from all her social media accounts, asserting that they were not posted by her but by someone else who had access to her accounts.
