Dilip, Supriya get EC rap for derogatory comments against women
A copy of warning notices or censures is marked to their respective party chiefs for sensitising their functionaries to be careful while communicating in public domain and refrain from any such derogatory comments and violations of model code guidelines
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A controversial comment was posted on social media platforms from Shrinate's accounts against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut. PHOTO: PTI
New Delhi, 1 April
Election
Commission on Monday censured BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and Congress' Supriya
Shrinate for derogatory remarks against the dignity of women.
Their
election-related communications will be specially and additionally monitored by
the Commission from Monday onwards.
A copy of the
warning notices or censures is also being marked to their respective party
chiefs for sensitising their functionaries to be careful while communicating in
public domain and refrain from any such derogatory comments and violations of
model code guidelines.
"You may
please issue specific advisory to all party functionaries involved in election
campaign and in interactions in public domain not to commit such type of
violation as in the instant case, besides following the Model Code of Conduct
in letter and spirit so as to not trigger a chain reaction of similar comments
vitiating the election campaign," the EC told the presidents of Congress
and the BJP separately.
The Commission
said it is convinced that Ghosh and Shrinate made a "low-level"
personal attack and thus violated the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct. They
have been warned to remain careful in public utterances during the Model Code
of Conduct period.
A controversial
comment was posted on social media platforms from Shrinate's accounts against
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who has been fielded by the BJP as its
candidate from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Following a row,
Shrinate removed the controversial remarks from all her social accounts,
claiming that those were not posted by her but by someone else who had access
to her accounts. Ghosh was captured on video mocking Trinamool Congress supremo
Mamata Banerjee's family background. He later apologised for his contentious
remarks against the West Bengal chief minister.
While the BJP had
moved the EC against Shrinate, the TMC had approached the poll panel against
Ghosh. The poll authority told both Ghosh and Shrinate that women have
commanded the highest respect in Indian society, past and present, and the
Indian Constitution and all institutions of the country have constantly pursued
the ideas of ensuring the rights and dignity of women on all fronts and further
empowering them.
The poll authority
also said that it is duly engaged in strengthening women's representation and
participation in the electoral process. The gender gap in electoral
registration and voter turnout have vastly improved, and in fact women have
surged ahead, it said. " ... the Commission considers the whole process of
conduct of election as a major enhancer of status of women in India and is
committed not to allow any erosion of this status in any manner during the
election period under its own aegis," the EC asserted.
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