Modi tour of Bangladesh violation of model code, says TMC
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In a criticism in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Trinamool Congress has alleged that his recent tour of Bangladesh quantities to violation of model code of conduct. No Indian Prime Minister has so openly violated the code by not directly campaigning for his get together from international soil, the get together mentioned in a criticism to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora.
PM Modi visited Bangladesh to take part within the 50th anniversary of the independence of Bangladesh and the beginning centenary of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 26.
TMC Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Party chief Derek O’Brien within the letter mentioned the get together has no objection to India’s participation within the official occasions however the get together takes umbrage on the occasions of March 27, additionally the date for polling for the primary section of elections in West Bengal. Saturday’s occasions included a go to to Orakundi, birthplace of Matua sect founder Harichand Thakur. PM Modi additionally tweeted photos from the Matua temple and the outline was additionally translated into Bengali. The Matua group, immigrants from Bangladesh, has appreciable clout in North 24-Parganas and Nadia, which is able to vote within the subsequent phases.
These occasions, the TMC mentioned, had nothing to do with both the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of Bangladesh or the beginning centenary of ‘Bangabandhu’. “Rather, they were solely and exclusively intended to influence the voting pattern in certain constituencies in the ongoing elections to the Assembly of West Bengal. No Indian Prime Minister has so brazenly indulged in an unethical and undemocratic act, and violated the model code, by indirectly campaigning for his party from foreign soil,” he mentioned.
The TMC identified that as an alternative of taking an all-party delegation, PM took Santany Thakur, a BJP MP from West Bengal, for the tour. The get together urged the Election Commission to take “deterrent punitive action” in opposition to PM Modi for “gross misuse” of his official place to intervene within the election course of in West Bengal from international soil.
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