New Delhi:
In a major blow to the Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) assembly election campaigning in New Delhi, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday directed the BJP to remove Union Minister Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma from the Star Campaigners list. The ECI action follows controversial remarks made by the two BJP leaders during the poll campaigning.
Meanwhile,
the AAP has asked Election Commission to impose a 48-hour campaigning ban on
Union Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly tweeting a “fake” video on
Delhi government schools, party leader Sanjay Singh said on Wednesday, reports PTI.
AAP leaders Singh and Pankaj Gupta complained to the EC
against the circulation of the “fake” videos of Delhi government
schools by BJP leaders to “falsely defame” Delhiites.
The AAP, in its complaint to the EC, also said BJP MPs –
Gautam Gambhir, Parvesh Verma and Hans Raj Hans – made “false and
fabricated” videos to put out a wrong picture of Delhi government schools
to the people. The AAP has also
sought action against the three BJP MPs.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday had asserted
that the videos of alleged deficiencies in the city’s government schools shared
by Home Minister Amit Shah were false. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal said he faced many difficulties to help people and in return the BJP
has called him a “terrorist”.
Tagging a
media report according to which BJP MP Parvesh Verma had allegedly called him a
terrorist, Kejriwal said he has been working day and night towards the welfare
of people.
“Gave up everything for the people of Delhi. After
joining politics, I faced many difficulties so that the life of the people
could improve. Today in return, the Bharatiya Janata Party is calling me a
terrorist … It is very sad,” he said in a tweet.
