BREAKING: Election Commission Pulls Up Dilip Ghosh, Supriya Shrinate For Derogatory Remarks

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Monday, April 1, pulled up BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate for their derogatory remarks. The poll panel said that both the leaders have violated the Model Code of Conduct. 

The Election Commission asserted that they made personal attacks during their speeches and warned them to remain careful in the election season. 

Their election-related communications will be specially and additionally monitored by the Commission from Monday onwards, said the poll panel. 

A copy of the warning notice or censure is also being marked to their respective party chiefs for sensitising their functionaries to be careful while communicating in public domain and refrain from any such derogatory comments and violations of model code guidelines, the Election Commission said. 

What Dilip Ghosh and Supriya Shrinate Said? 

A controversial comment was posted on social media platforms from Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate's accounts against Kangana Ranaut, who has been fielded by the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. 

Shrinate removed the controversial remarks from all her social accounts, claiming that those were not posted by her but by someone else who had access to her accounts.

While BJP leader Dilip Ghosh was captured on video mocking Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's family background. He later apologised for his contentious remarks against the West Bengal Chief Minister. The BJP central leadership has issued a notice Ghosh over the same.