The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday moved the Election Commission against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s ‘pickpocket’ and ‘panauti’ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Panauti… Panauti… Panauti… our boys were well on their way to winning the world cup but Panauti made them lose… the people of this country know,” Gandhi said at a rally in poll-bound Rajasthan on Tuesday.
Addressing a poll rally in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur today, Gandhi said, “The pickpocket never comes alone, there are three people. One comes from the front, one from the back and one from the distance… Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s job is to divert your attention. He comes on TV from the front and distracts the public by raising topics of Hindu-Muslim, demonetization, and GST. Meanwhile, Adani comes from behind and takes the money.”
“We request the Election Commission to intervene urgently by taking appropriate legal action against Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi for their continued fraudulent, baseless and abusive practice and to pass a prohibitory order against them,” the
BJP delegation said in its communication to the EC. Otherwise, it will spoil the electoral environment, where “abusing, usage of objectionable and offensive language to defame respectable individuals and spreading false news will become inevitable”, said BJP in a communication to the ECI. Gandhi, in a poll speech in Rajasthan, had used the ‘panauti’ barb against Modi after India lost to Australia in the World Cup cricket final in Ahmedabad, a match attended by the prime minister.
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