Election Commission to examine Rahul Gandhi’s speech dispassionately

Bhopal: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) VS Sampath on Tuesday said that the Election Commission (EC) would “dispassionately” examine Rahul Gandhi’s speech made at Indore on October 24, stating that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was in touch with victims affected by the Muzaffarnagar riots.
“The Commission has received a report on Rahul’s speech from the Indore Collector and this was forwarded to them by the Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office. The entire material is with us and we will examine it in a dispassionate manner,” the CEC said.

He said that there is no bar on publishing or telecasting opinion polls but clarified that it cannot be published before 48 hours of the polls.

The CEC also exempted accredited journalists getting life-threat calls from depositing their arms’ licences, in states where poll dates have been announced.