New Delhi: The apex court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) of India to give a reply on a plea by a Congress MP alleging Model Code of Conduct (MCC) breach by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP Chief Amit Shah on their alleged hate speeches and using armed forces for ‘Political Propaganda’.
Sushmita Dev, Congress Lok Sabha MP from Silchar in Assam and President of ‘All India Mahila Congress’ also stated the biased attitude of the Election commission when it comes to BJP to the Supreme Court.
A bench consisting of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph fixed Dev's plea for hearing on Thursday.
The plea listed out several alleged instances of MCC violations by Modi and Shah in their meetings and referred to as the first violation the speech of Modi at a rally at Wardha Maharashtra, on April 1 where he had allegedly raised the issue of ‘bhagwa aatankwaad’ (Saffron Terror).