Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: NPP candidate from Jammu- Poonch Parliamentary Constituency, Prof Bhim Singh has made a strong appeal in a letter to the Chief Election Commission of India urging the Commission to take appropriate action against the violative speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Akhnoor in Jammu on Thursday.
In as press statement Bhim Singh alleged that Prime Minister of India, Modi during his speech at Akhnoor (border town) on March 28, 2019 made several comments which directly and heavily violate the election rules rather his entire speech was derogatory, violative of Code of Conduct and election rule. NPP candidate from Akhnoor in his letter to the ECI said that Prime Minister, Modi addressed a meeting from the crop field where nearly 75 canals of cultivated land was demolished and entire crop was destroyed by heavy bulldozers of the State Govt to clear the field for setting up a platform for the Prime Minister to addressed the farmers in Akhnoor, about 20 kilometers away from Indo-Pak border.
According to the press report Rs 30,000 were paid to the farmers for each canal. The total amount that was paid by the State Govt to make a political/election campaign stage cost about 3,000,000 ( About thirty lacs). The cost to work and prepare a political for elections speech of the Prime Minister is estimated Rs 5 lacs. Besides, nearly 1 lakh chairs were brought on rent from Jammu, a distance of over 25 kilometers that must have cost the BJP Rs 1500,000 (15 lacs). In addition about 300 buses were deployed according to the estimates. All that was done at the expenses of the State.
Besides this, the Prime Minister’s speech concluded with the remarks he made before the public that he & his party, BJP is spending all this money and doing labour is for the sake of votes. This was highly violative of the Code of Conduct as the political parties do not work for vote but for the sake of the people and their welfare, vote or no vote, do not matter. The Prime Minister’s speech was also violative and insulted the graceful soldiers, Army officers and bureaucrats who have been working for the society and their welfare.
He urged the Election Commission of India for immediate action against those who violated the Election rules and the Code of Conduct.
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