Congress MLA and Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad connected Saturday wrote to the state’s main electoral serviceman (CEO) , demanding enactment against BJP person and MLA Aashish Shelar for allegedly utilizing a word ‘love jihad’.
“Maharashtra’s CEO had said helium shall beryllium taking enactment against the usage of words similar ‘vote jihad’ arsenic the exemplary codification of behaviour is present successful force. Mumbai BJP main Aashish Shelar portion speaking astir Dharavi redevelopment today, utilized the word ballot jihad. I impulse the EC to instrumentality due enactment successful the matter,” Gaikwad said.
On Wednesday, CEO S. Chockalingam had said that giving communal overtones to voting patterns by utilizing presumption similar ‘vote jihad’ volition beryllium dealt with wrong the ineligible framework. “The exemplary codification of behaviour came into unit yesterday. If leaders usage specified terms, we volition not spare them. If we person immoderate complaint, we volition cheque it wrong the ineligible model and taxable our report,” helium said.
The BJP has been attributing the BJP’s mediocre amusement successful the authorities to ‘vote jihad’ during Lok Sabha polls. In a missive to the CEO, dated October 19, Gaikwad said BJP is trying to make a disagreement successful the nine by utilizing specified terms.