BHOPAL: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s speech at a poll rally in Indore, where he made a reference to the communal riots at Muzaffarnagar, has come under the scanner of the Election Commission.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) today directed the Indore Collector to look into a complaint that Rahul’s speech delivered yesterday violated the model code of conduct, which is in force for the November 25 Assembly polls.
The complaint has been filed by State BJP President Narendra Singh Tomar.
“The Indore Collector has been directed to probe the complaint,” CEO Jaideep Govind told reporters.
Tomar alleged that Rahul, through his speech, tried to “incite religious sentiments and create feeling of hatred” between two communities.
The reference to riots was made with an intention to disturb communal harmony in the State ahead of the Assembly elections, the BJP leader said in the complaint.
This particular section in the speech violated the model code of conduct, he alleged.
The Congress MP had yesterday claimed intelligence agencies in Pakistan were approaching some victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots to lure them to terrorism.
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