EC acting like CBI at behest of Congress, says Azam Khan
Khan was banned by the EC after his comment that Kargil win was achieved only by Muslim soldier created a furore.
Two days after the Election Commission barred him from campaigning in Uttar Pradesh for his remarks on the Kargil incursion, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan launched a scathing attack on the poll panel, saying it was acting at the behest of the Congress Party.
According to a report in a newspaper, he has threatened to move the court against the poll body. The UP minister has compared the Election Commission with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Khan was banned by the EC after his comment that Kargil win was achieved only by Muslim soldier created a furore.
Ghaziabad police had on Saturday booked the close aide of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, for his alleged inflammatory speech over Kargil War. He was also booked for hate speech while attacking BJP prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi at Masuri police station.
Meanwhile, a case was lodged against the Samajwadi Party leader in Thana Bhawan police station for his remarks at an election rally in Jalalabad area of the district on April 8, District Magistrate NP Singh said.
Khan had allegedly attacked Modi saying, "his hands are coloured with blood of innocent people and you should never let any such person rule the country."
The case was registered after the election officials checked the video footage and found his comments objectionable.
A few hours before the EC announced the ban on Friday, the UP minister made another controversial comment against Congress, saying Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi were penalised by god for forcible sterilisation during emergency and unlocking the contentious Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya respectively.
Sanjay Gandhi had died in 1980 in a plane crash. Rajiv was assassinated by Tamil zealots in 1991.