Congress files complaint with EC against BJP advertisement in Jharkhand

Jairam Ramesh said the ad made “a lot of false allegations” against the leaders of the three parties. File | Photo Credit: Special Editing

The Congress on Sunday (November 10, 2024) filed a complaint with the Election Commission against the BJP’s election campaign in Jharkhand, where the actors are almost identical to the top leaders of JMM, Congress and RJD. used.

Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh, in a petition to the election panel, said the ad made “blatant false allegations” against the leaders of the three parties. He said it wants to portray them as “anti-nationals”.

“The advertisement published by the BJP is full of baseless allegations and lies whose aim is to unduly influence the voters to stop voting for any opposition party and that the BJP has made unfair electoral gains in the state of Jharkhand,” Mr Ramesh. he said in his plea.

In a nation dependent on elections, Mr. Ramesh said, all advertisements must be canceled by the Election Commission. “It is our submission that there is no reasonable situation where such violations and gross violations of election rules are allowed to be published by this honorable commission,” said Mr. Ramesh.