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EC issues notice to Congress leader Kamal Nath on 'item' jibe at BJP candidate Imarti Devi

Last Updated 21 October 2020, 16:49 IST

The Election Commission on Wednesday served a notice to senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath for recently referring to BJP candidate Imarti Devi as an ‘item’.

The EC noted that Kamal Nath’s comment about Imarti Devi on October 18 had violated the Model Code of Conduct that was put in place in Madhya Pradesh’s 28 Assembly constituencies going to poll on November 3 next.

The poll panel issued the notice to Kamal Nath after receiving a complaint from the National Commission for Women as well as the BJP. It asked the senior Congress leader to explain his stand on the controversial remark within 48 hours.

Imarti Devi won the 2018 state Assembly elections from Dabra as a Congress candidate. She was a minister in the Kamal Nath-led government. She was among the 22 MLAs, who left the Congress and joined the BJP with Jyotiraditya Scindia earlier this year, leading to the fall of the Congress government and necessitating the bypolls to fill the vacancies in the state Assembly.

Madhya Pradesh BJP leaders, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday held a protest against Kamal Nath, while the National Commission for Women sought an explanation from the Congress leader for his remark.

Bypolls to 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly seats will be held on November 3.

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(Published 21 October 2020, 14:18 IST)

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