New Delhi:The former chief minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of Election Commission of India (ECI) which has revoked his “star campaigner” status for the upcoming bypolls in Madhya Pradesh.
Senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha said that senior Congress leader has challenged the ECI’s decision on various grounds and an urgent hearing on the plea would be sought, news agency PTI reported.
Yesterday, citing repeated violations of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), the commission in an order issued said, “…for repeated violation of Model Code of Conduct and for completely disregarding the advisory issued to him, the Commission hereby revokes the status of leader of political party (Star Campaigner) of Kamal Nath, Ex-Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, with immediate effect for the current Bye-elections of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh.”
In its order, EC had said it has taken action against the Congress leader over his remark calling CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan “mafia” and “milawat khor” on October 13. The Commission had earlier warned him on October 26 for calling BJP candidate Imarti Devi an “item” while campaigning for a Congress candidate.
A couple of weeks ago, after Kamal Nath’s ‘item’ remark for a BJP minister Imarti Devi, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jyotiraditya Scindia had held “silent protests”.
While addressing a poll meeting in Dabra in support of Congress candidate Suresh Raja, Kamal Nath hailed him as a “simple man” unlike his opponent (Imarti Devi) who is an “item.”
