EC bans Sidhu from campaigning for 72 hours over 'communal' remarks
New Delhi , April 22, 2019 :
The Election Commission of India has banned Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning for 72 hours over his controversial remarks made at a poll rally in Bihar.
The ban starts at 10 am on April 23, 2019
What Sidhu said in poll rally is as under :
"Do not consider yourself as being in a minority. You constitute the majority here. You are about 64 per cent. Do not fall into the trap laid down by people like Owaisi (president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen). They have been propped up by the BJP."
The copy of the order of the Election Commission of India is as under :