The Election Commission of India on Friday issued an political parties, candidates and star campaigners ahead of Lok Sabha elections, saying that ‘no appeal shall be made on the basis of caste or communal feelings of the electors.’
Apart from this the ECI also stated that no activity – which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes, communities, religious linguistic groups – shall be attempted.
In the advisory, the ECI clearly mentioned that political parties and leaders should not make false statements, utterances without factual basis aimed at misleading the voters. It said that based on unverified allegations or on distortions, criticisms of other parties or their workers should be avoided.
Among others, the ECI advisory said, “No aspect of the private life, not connected with the public activities, of the leaders or workers of the other parties is to be criticised. Low level personal attacks to insult the rivals shall not to be made.”
“No temples/mosques/churches/gurudwaras or any other place of worship are to be used for election propaganda of engineering. References which ridicule the relations between devotee and deity or suggestions of divine censure shall not to be made,” ECI advisory noted.
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Published: 01 Mar 2024, 06:01 PM IST
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