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BJP moves EC over Kumar Vishwas' remark
New Delhi, Jan 31
The Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) Saturday filed a complaint with the Election Commission against
Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for allegedly making a "derogatory"
remark against the party.
BJP leaders Satish Upadhyay, Meenakshi
Lekhi, Shazia Ilmi, Shaina N.C., among others, went to the poll panel's
office and filed a complaint against Vishwas.
"We moved the Election Commission against Vishwas and sought strict action...," Upadhyay said.
At
a recent rally, Vishwas allegedly said: "Two problems the BJP has with
Arvind Kejriwal. One is that he wears a muffler... Has he stolen it from
you? One of them says he (Kejriwal) coughs a lot..... What is your
problem? Do you have to sleep with him in his bedroom?"
AAP chief Kejriwal was present at the rally.
BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi also expressed anguish over the remark.
Bedi
Saturday tweeted: "Absolutely derogatory, sexist remarks, illegal
photoshopped images communicating wrong messaging. It is this unethical,
toxic, perverse and uncivil practices that we need to eliminate from
our system."
In another tweet, she asked: "What kind of security
and dignity can women expect from AAP's leadership that itself has
blatant sexist and perverse mindsets?"
She said a police complaint has been lodged over the remark.
Ilmi
said that other than the derogatory remark, the BJP has raised other
issues also. "AAP has been flouting Election Commission's norms, and we
filed a complaint on other issues also. We sought strict action," she
said.