NEW DELHI, Jan 30:
The Election Commission today barred Union Minister Anurag Thakur from campaigning in the Delhi Assembly polls for three days and BJP MP Parvesh Verma for four days for their controversial remarks.
The ban came into force from 5 pm today.
The EC said the decision was taken as it was not satisfied with their respective replies to the show-cause notices.
Verma on Tuesday said what happened in Kashmir with Kashmiri Pandits could happen in Delhi, warning that lakhs of anti-CAA protesters in Shaheen Bagh could enter homes to rape and kill women.
During an election rally here, Thakur egged on the crowd to raise an incendiary slogan — “shoot the traitors” — after he lashed out at anti-CAA protesters.
Reacting to the ban, Verma said he respected the EC’s decision.
“I respect the Election Commission’s decision to ban me for campaigning for Delhi elections for 96 hours. I assure that I will not involve in campaigning for 96 hours. However afterwards I will resume campaigning with full strength,” he said in a video message posted on his Facebook page.
In another message earlier, he, however, urged the Election Commission to reconsider the ban on him, saying the poll panel should instead ban Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia who supported the Shaheen Bagh protest.
The EC orders said Thakur and Verma would continue to be off the list of BJP’s star campaigners for the Delhi Assembly polls.(PTI)
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