EC imposes ban on Congress MP Randeep Surjewala's poll campaign over remark against Hema Malini
Chandigarh, April 16, 2024: The Election Commission of India has barred Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala from campaigning for 48 hours over his remark against actor / BJP MP Hema Malini during a poll rally in Haryana.He wa sissued show cause notice by ECI.
In a video shared by the BJP on social media, Surjewala was heard saying, “Why people elect their MLAs/MPs? So that they (MLAs/MPs) can raise the public's voice. It's not like Hema Malini, who was elected to lick.”
ECI order states,
"The Commission is in receipt of the report of
DEO Kaithal wherein it is stated that the aforesaid objectionable utterances were made during a speech given by Sh. Randeep Singh Surjewala on 31-03-2024 at Faral village of Pundri assembly constituency in the Kaithal district and the entire speech was videographed by the video surveillance team deployed by the DEO."