Delhi BJP asks EC to appoint special observer at mosques

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Delhi BJP asks EC to appoint special observer at mosques

Sunday, 17 March 2019 | Sapna Singh | NEW DELHI

Legal cell of Delhi BJP unit wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to appoint special observer in the Mosque to prevent hate speech during Lok Sabha elections.  According to Delhi BJP office bearers, the step has taken keeping in mind the repeated attempts by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to poison the political atmosphere by resorting to polarize voters on religion and caste lines.

 In a letter, legal department convener Neeraj cited a sequence of attempts by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders to polarise voters on religious lines and requested the CEO to appoint special observers at mosques.

 "We are bound to write you this complaint due to recent repeated attempts to polarise voters on religious lines by the convener of the AAP, Arvind Kejriwal, and his party members," Neeraj  alleged.

Kejriwal, while addressing events and public gatherings in minorities-dominated areas, had been asking people to beware of vote split between the AAP and the Congress and vote for his party to defeat the BJP in Lok Sabha polls.

There was no immediate reaction was available on the issue from the AAP.

 Kejriwal gives statements to polarise voters in Muslim dominated areas," said Neeraj, adding, "I requested the CEO to appoint special observers for mosques in Muslim-dominated areas so that the political and religious leaders cannot spread hate among people to influence elections."

 "If any violation takes place, based on the reports of the special observers, the Election Commission can take immediate cognisance of it and initiate necessary action," he said.

 This is a matter of grave concern to ensure free and fare elections without any violation of the model code of conduct for Lok Sabha Elections 2019, he added.

 Polling in seven seats in Delhi will take place May 12.

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