Rahul Sinha had allegedly said that not four, but eight people should have been shot by the central forces in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi.
Kolkata| After their controversial remarks on the Cooch Behar firing incident in which four people were killed, the Election Commission has now imposed a 48-hour ban from campaigning on BJP leader Rahul Sinha and also issued a notice to Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh.
The 48 hours campaigning ban has been imposed on BJP leader Rahul Sinha over his remarks on the killings incident on which he said that more people should have been shot dead. The ban imposed by the poll body on Mr Sinha starts from Tuesday noon till 12 pm on April 15. His comments were about Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar violence in which five people lost their lives, including four who were shot dead by the central forces.
On Monday, Rahul Sinha had allegedly said that not four, but eight people should have been shot by the central forces in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi.
The Election Commission has also issue a notice to BJP’s West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh, seeking an explanation of his remarks by 10 am on Wednesday.
In the aftermath of the killings incident, Dilip Ghosh had warned that more Cooch Behar-like incidents may happen if “naughty boys like the ones who received bullets in Sitalkuchi” try to take the law into their hands.
The ban on Rahul Sinha comes a day after the Election Commission imposed a similar ban on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on the central forces guarding the polling booths during the assembly election in Bengal.
The Election Commission last evening banned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from campaigning in Bengal for 24 hours over her speeches that the poll body said violated the Model Code Of Conduct (MCC). The Trinamool supremo was accused of breaking the law with her comments on Muslim votes, as well as for allegedly urging voters to revolt against central security forces.
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