Election Commission strongly censured BJP MP Dilip Ghosh and Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate over their derogatory remarks against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and actress and BJP candidate from Mandi Kangna Ranaut, respectively.
Ruling that the impugned statements by the politicians were “low-level personal attacks” and thus in violation of model code of conduct, EC, in separate orders, warned them to be careful with their public utterances. Sources said both their election-related communications will hence forth be “especially and additionally monitored” by EC for derogatory content.
Specifically condemning the disrespectful post made from Shrinate’s handle against Ranaut, EC said the former being chairperson of Congress’s social media and digital platform at national level, “is expected to know sensitivities of wider communication”.
EC on Monday also marked to the party chiefs a copy of its warning notice to Ghosh and Shrinate. The purpose, sources said, is to get the party heads to sensitise their functionaries to be careful while communicating in the public domain and refrain from making any derogatory comments or violating MCC guidelines.
While the posts from Shrinate’s social media handles had taken an undignified dig at Ranaut’s candidature from Mandi (Mandi being a slang associated with immoral traffic), Ghosh had stirred the hornet’s nest by commenting on Mamata’s parentage at a press meet.
