Delhi CEO Office Seeks Report On Union Minister Anurag Thakur's Controversial ‘Goli Maaro’ Remark

Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur was campaigning for Manish Chaudhary in the Rithala Assembly seatIn a video that has gone viral, Thakur is seen raising slogans, like "Desh ke gaddaro ko" and the crowd completing that with an abusive sentence.

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New Delhi: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi has sought a report from the returning officer of Delhi's Rithala constituency over Union Minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s controversial speech at an election rally on Monday, where he goaded public to raise “goli maaro” slogan. On Monday, Thakur had egged on the crowd to raise incendiary slogan that "traitors should be shot", after he lashed out at anti-CAA protestors. He was addressing the meeting in support of BJP candidate from Rithala, Manish Chaudhary. The incident has triggered a row, drawing sharp reaction from the Congress which demanded that the Election Commission (EC) take action against Thakur. "We have taken cognisance of the incident and have sought a report from the district election officer. However, we have not received any complaint so far," a senior official in the Delhi CEO Office said. At the rally, Thakur, the minister of state for finance, shouted "desh ke gaddaron ko" to which the crowd responded "goli maro sa*** ko" (shoot down the traitors). He raised the pitch of nationalism as he linked opposition parties with anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh and with alleged anti-India slogans, and then asked the crowd to raise the controversial slogan. Watch: