Delhi Polls: EC Bans Anurag Thakur For 72 Hours From Campaigning; Bars Parvesh Verma For 4 Days

Delhi Assembly Elections: An EC official said the decision was taken as the poll panel was not satisfied with their reply to the show-cause notices.

C bans Anurag for 72 hours, Parvesh Verma for 96 from campaigning

New Delhi: The Election Commission has imposed a 72-hour ban on Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, and a four day (96 hours) ban on Bharatiya Janata Party MP Parvesh Verma from campaigning for Delhi assembly elections, over heir controversial remarks. An EC official said the decision was taken as the poll panel was not satisfied with their reply to the show-cause notices. On Wednesday the poll body had ordered removal of Anurag Thakur’s and Parvesh Verma’s names from BJP's campaigners' list and also sent notice to them over violation of provisions of Model Code of Conduct and Representation of the People Act, 1951 It had given Parvesh Verma time till 12 noon on 30th January to provide an explanation, failing which it said it would take a decision on the matter. Also Watch: EC bans Anurag for 72 hours, Parvesh Verma for 96 from campaigning The two leaders had stirred huge controversies with their recent remarks during campaigning for the party. During campaigning in Rithala, Thakur had egged on the crowd to raise an incendiary slogan - "traitors should be shot at" -- after he lashed out at anti-CAA protesters, while Verma on Tuesday said what happened in Kashmir with Kashmiri Pandits could happen in Delhi, warning that lakhs of anti-CAA protesters in Shaheen Bagh could enter homes to kill and rape women.