EC Issues Show-Cause Notices To Dilip Ghosh, Supriya Shrinate Over Objectionable Remarks | News18

To request you Kamil Ka to continue staying with us. In fact, we have some more breaking inputs coming in as far as show cause notices going out of the Election Commission of AK Asim. Sir, another show cause notice has gone from the EC this time to Congress spokesperson Supriya Sreenath. Remember, shes already been drawing a lot of flak for her derogatory remarks passed for BJPS Kangana Ranaut, who all we all know will be contesting elections from Himachal Pradesh Mandi. And it was with regards to that that Supriya Srinath had in fact passed derogatory remarks for which in fact the NCW had approached the EC. For more details, let’s quickly go across to Pallavi who’s also joining us live. Pallavi share with us the details of this show cause notice. So first of all the show cause notice has been given where she has to respond by 5:00 on 29th of March. And Election Commission says that if she doesn’t give a response to that, it will deem to mean that you have nothing to say in the matter. And it is then that Election Commission could take a further course of action. Now still now her name has not been declared as a candidate, neither is she in the list of * campaigners of the Congress Party. So it will be interesting to see what is the further measure that Election Commission can take against Supriya she need or will it be restricted only to her? Or will it also be extended to the political party which he belongs to, which is Congress. Now if you remember when recently the poll dates were announced, at that point of time, the entire Election Commission, especially the CEC, had made the point that they’re going to be strict and stringent norms that we have to adhere to. One the model Code of Conduct and 2nd, exemplary behavior by both the candidates and all the star campaigners and the political leaders as well. And this includes not just during the rallies or campaigns but also during your social media posts. Pallavi, my apologies to you. In fact, we have Shahzad Punawala of the BJP waiting on the phone line as well with us. Shahzad of course, the immediate analogy is being drawn between a Dileep Ghosh and Supriya Srinath who we as all know as far as Mr. Ghosh is concerned, he was already hold up by the BJP. Something which is also grabbing our attention is the lack of action or rather the inaction that’s taking place within the Congress party. No, in fact it is brazen defence because if you notice it’s been 48 hours exactly, Supriya says she will be going to it. In fact, system and many other people who tweeted their objection for things against Kangana, Ranaut and insulted even Mandi and Himachal Pradesh. So therefore this was not done out of sight under prior sponsored by Rahul Gandhi. The words may have been of Supriya but the source was of Rahul Gandhi and the evidence of this also if I may add and Salavi is with us, how can Lal Singh being given ticket be justified? Lal Singh was the man who Congress said that this man student support of rapist of an 8 year old today Priyanka Vadra gave him a ticket. Why are they giving the Congress justified Sandesh Khali? The Congress party has justified and kept Mr. Srinivasan and kicked out Ankita Dutta. So the Congress party which has also given ticket to Shanti Dhariwal in the past is always been anti woman and the views that they’ve used on Kangana was sponsored. It was not a Sayyo. And the proof of this is that after 48 hours Supriya has done nothing and therefore even if I don’t know about the Election Commission action, I’m hearing it from you. But if they it shows the face of the Congress party we have certain show cause notice to Mr. Ghosh he will have to explain. We have also asked he has already taken a step back and said he regrets the comment but what have they done on Supriya nothing but do you but do you shazar think that this should just this particular show cause notice which has gone over to Supriya Srinath considering Dilip Ghosh made those comments in public. So if one has seen Dilip Ghosh make those comments but nobodys technically seen and it it you know in fact confuses the readers of that in Instagram post which was sent out from Supriya Srinet account. When she says that this was not sent out by me but rather accessed by other members of the team which also goes on to indicate that this is not just Supriya Srinet then its the party at large which ought to be answering. Well yeah and look Mr. Ghosh whatever he has said he has taken it back. He has regretted it, his action has been taken. But Supriya Srinet by our actions has shown that this was not something that shes trying to blame on others. In 48 hours are you telling me she has not been able to identify which person put out that post on our behalf? Secondly, when that post was put, it was there for more than 1 1/2 hours. She must have got the notifications. She still did. She deleted only when Shahzad Kunal tweeted and Expo. She is so offended by the spokeswoman she filed an Fr against the so-called alleged culprit. Yet. And fourthly, how can the other people of the Congress ecosystem tweeted or should the same language against Kangana in the same period of time. So clearly this was sponsored and I’m telling you on record, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra have sanctioned this. Therefore they are not acting on supersonic. I am saying this as part of the BJP but Priyanka Vadra has to answer. Rahul Gandhi has to answer. Supersonic is the media to which they have done this. All right. Many thanks to you, Shahzad, for joining in on the phone line with your precious perspective. Let’s quickly go back to Pallavi, who continues to stay live with us. Pallavi, so you you, you can already make that out. The way the BJP has been upping the entire ante. This is now being, you know, blamed on to a Rahul Gandhi and a Priyanka Vadra. And rightly so, perhaps because no action has been taken against us. Supriya Srinath, how will this now sort of blow out of proportion already is during the election time now that we can see happen. Well to be fair to Election Commission, its not made any discrimination between the BJP and the Congress because similar notice was also given to Dilip Ghosh as well as to Shriya Srinidh. But you know as far as opposition parties go, the opposition parties certainly have never had much faith in the EC. They’ve always dismissed it off as being yet another stools or arm of the government. So I think that could be pretty much the response which is coming in from the Congress and with this notice being given by EC to Supriya Srinid, the Congress will certainly dig its heels in further and it can end up supporting Supriya Srinid. We are going to now see Big Bang campaigns where the Women Voters with 49% of them being important for the 2020 for Lok Sabha elections and that’s a vote bank which is very powerful, which is empowered and they matter to all political parties and the Congress. The BJP certainly is going to be attacking the Congress for this. I will be heard Shahzad. He of course made the point that Gandhi silence is itself shows their double standard. That’s one point which of course that’s come across and 2nd no one is even buying the argument. And finally of course in the last 24 hours, we have been seeing the Prime Minister picking up and take picking up the phone, speaking to women candidates, whether its a rape survivor, whether it’s someone who’s fighting against corruption, taking on Mohawa, Moitro, deep messaging coming in from the Prime Minister himself and the government which clearly shows us that as far as the BJP is concerned, they are not going to let the Congress get away. All right. Many thanks to you, Pallavi, for putting that entire story into perspective for us and with.