Spokespersons: Shri Salman Khurshid, Shri Pawan Khera and Shri Gurdeep Singh Sappal: Shri Salman Khurshid said that we have presented four issues before the Election Commission. Regarding Andhra Pradesh, whatever schemes and announcements are made by the government, there is often a picture of the Prime Minister in the affairs of the Central Government and the Chief Minister of the state in the state government. We requested the Election Commission that the earlier scheme can continue to run. But while spreading their propaganda, the photo of the Chief Minister or the leader of that place that is put up should be removed immediately and the it said that these orders have already been given.
Shri Pawan Khera said that another issue which we placed before the Election Commission is the hoardings that we have seen in Delhi, in which, it is not written who released those hoardings, and caricatures have been made of all the opposition leaders and in a way, they have been declared corrupt! And it was written on a side that Modi ji is removing corruption. So, they are putting up hoardings completely illegally. You cannot put up any hoarding without the name of the issuer, be it a party or anyone else. We requested the Election Commission to intervene in this and stop these illegal advertisements and posts even on social media which the BJP has indulged in.
Shri Gurdeep Singh Sappal said that another important issue which we raised- We know that the guidelines of the Election Commission are that personal allegations cannot be made against anyone, you cannot make personal attacks. Congress Party has been cautious about it in all its ads, but BJP has come up with a new method, where they are using actors and everyone knows whom those actors are representing. So, we told the Election Commission that all such ads are against the Election Commission’s own guidelines and should be stopped. Secondly, there are many such ads which are spreading racist hatred, they are about the Congress President too, they should also be taken down, because it is a crime by law, which is being done from the handle of Bharatiya Janata Party. And thirdly, BJP and its supporters are running many such ads which are divisive, which spread hatred, which spread lies, which spread fake views, they are being run by their supporters like surrogate ads. Tuesday, April 2, 2024