The Indian Election Commission sought a report from the Faizabad district authorities hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, invoked Rama, a Hindu god, while addressing a meeting on Monday with his picture in the backdrop, The Hindu reported.
“I will fight against corruption all my life, I promise you from the land of Ram,” Modi said. The BJP leader said even Mahatma Gandhi invoked the name of Ram. “When Gandhiji was asked about his idea of an ideal nation, he said there should be Ram Rajya. If you want to imagine an ideal State, then there must be Ram Rajya.”
Soon after Modi’s address, the Congress urged the commission to register a first information report against Modi and de-register the BJP, accusing it of using religion to win votes.
“The BJP and Modi have used the portrait of Ram, which is strategically placed behind the podium from where the speech is being delivered by him. The headgear of Ram fits on the head of Modi as can be seen in the video, when he is delivering the speech which deceives the gullible voter,” Congress legal department secretary KC Mittal wrote in his complaint to Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath.
Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh, Umesh Sinha said the commission would decide if Modi had violated the model code of conduct or any other provisions of the law after looking at the report. “We have to wait for the report,” he said. Using religious symbols is banned during election campaigns.
Faizabad, which goes to the polls on Wednesday, is barely six kilometres from Ayodhya and the BJP’s candidate, Lallu Singh, is an accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case
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