Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s speech at a poll rally in Indore, where he made a reference to the communal riots at Muzaffarnagar, has come under the scanner of the Election Commission.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday directed the Indore Collector to look into a complaint whether Rahul’s speech delivered on Thursday had violated the model code of conduct, which has been in force for November 25 Assembly polls. The complaint has been filed by State BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar.
While talking to mediapersons here, CEO Jaideep Govind said, “The Indore Collector has been directed to probe the complaint.”
Tomar had alleged that Rahul, through his speech, tried to incite religious sentiments and create feeling of hatred between two communities.
The reference to riots was made with an intention to disturb communal harmony in the State ahead of the Assembly elections, the BJP leader said in the complaint.
This particular section in the speech violated the model code of conduct, he alleged. The Congress MP had on Thursday claimed intelligence agencies in Pakistan were approaching some victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots to lure them to terrorism.