The Election Commission on Wednesday issued separate show-cause notices to BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and Congress’s Supriya Shrinate over their controversial remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and actor-politician Kangana Ranaut, respectively.
The poll panel has found that the remarks made by both Ghosh and Shrinate are 'undignified and in bad taste' and prima facie violative of the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct.
Both of them have been given time till 5 pm on Friday to explain why action should not be taken against them.
Ghosh, the former state BJP president, was heard mocking the family background of Banerjee in a purported video clip. The senior leader apologised on Wednesday for his remarks after the party sought an explanation from him.
Ghosh claimed that he had only protested Banerjee's political statements.
Shrinate courted controversy after an alleged objectionable post on Ranaut appeared on her social media account. Ranaut has been fielded by the BJP from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh.
The Congress leader, however, clarified that she could never make such personal and indecent comments about any woman.
"Many people have access to my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Someone from them made an extremely inappropriate post today. As soon as I came to know, I deleted that post. Everyone who knows me also knows very well that I can never make personal and indecent comments towards any woman. I wanted to know how this happened," she said.
