May 1st 2024.
The Election Commission has taken a strong stance against Bharat Rashtra Samithi President and former Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao. On Wednesday, the Commission declared that KCR would be barred from campaigning for 48 hours due to derogatory and objectionable statements he made against the Congress party.
This decision was made after the poll panel received a complaint from the state Congress unit's Senior Vice-President, G. Niranjan, about KCR's remarks during a press conference in Sircilla on April 5. The Commission reprimanded KCR for his misconduct and prohibited him from holding any public events, processions, rallies, interviews, or making any public statements in the media for the next 48 hours, starting from 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
This order will have a direct impact on KCR's ongoing bus yatra, which is a part of his campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on May 13. The Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana had sent a factual report to the Commission, which led to this decision.
Earlier, the Commission had issued a show-cause notice to KCR on April 16 for violating certain provisions of the Model Code of Conduct. KCR responded on April 23, stating that the election officers in charge in Telangana and Sircilla did not understand the local dialect of Telugu, which led to the misunderstanding. He also argued that the complaint made by the Congress party was based on a few sentences taken out of context from his press conference, and the English translation was incorrect and twisted.
After thoroughly reviewing the complaint by Niranjan and KCR's response, the Commission found that not only did KCR make derogatory and objectionable statements during his press conference on April 5, but he has also been violating the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct in past elections. Therefore, the decision to bar him from campaigning for 48 hours was made.
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