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'false' allegation against Modi
PTI | Apr 16, 2019, 08.51 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to
ban Congress president Rahul Gandhi from campaigning in the Lok Sabha
polls and impose the "heaviest penalty" on him, saying he levelled false
allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale aircraft
deal.

A BJP delegation comprising Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and

Hardeep Singh Puri among others met chief election commissioner Sunil
Arora with the complaint and demanded action against Gandhi for
repeatedly using the term 'chowkidar chor hai' and making false
attributions to the Supreme Court.

"Today we have strongly complained to the EC to take serious cognizance, take appropriate action against Congress president
Rahul Gandhi for his continuous reckless allegations against the PM by calling him 'Chowkidar chor hai'," Prasad told the
reporters outside the EC office after meeting the CEC.

Demanding strict action against Gandhi, the Union law minister also said that the Congress chief's behaviour was in violation of
the model code of conduct (MCC).

"It is the EC alone which is authorised to take action in case of violation of MCC. We have urged the EC to impose heaviest
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penalty on Gandhi including banning him from campaigning because of the reckless manner in which he is abusing the
campaign platform. He is shamelessly saying 'chowkidar chor hai' and lying constantly so there should by an investigation into
it," Prasad said.

He also said that Gandhi crossed "all limits" by making false attributions to the Supreme Court order which only spoke about
the admissibility of certain documents unauthorisedly taken out of the ministry of defence.

He said Gandhi sought to distort the Supreme Court order which has not said a word of any illegality in the Rafale deal, adding
that the BJP has submitted all the evidence of his comments made after he filed nomination in Amethi.

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