Journalism of Courage
The BJP Friday complained to the Election Commission about what it termed violation of the model code of conduct in Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhis speeches at Churu and Alwar. It accused Gandhi of trying to stoke communal hatred and said he had made unverified allegations against BJP holding it responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots.
Quoting from newspaper reports,the party wrote: Referring to the Muzaffarnagar riots in UP,he is reported to have said I was seeing my face in their grief. That is why I am against the politics of BJP. They will set Muzaffarnagar on fire,Gujarat on fire,UP on fire and Kashmir on fire and then you and we will have to douse that8230; BJP divides people.
It also took exception to another sentence in Gandhis speech where he is said to have accused the Opposition of inciting Hindus against Muslims claiming that it is against established conventions of decency to name communities in communal flare-ups.
In another letter to the EC,the BJP also accused the Rajasthan government of violating the code of conduct,accusing it of ante dating LoIs by the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd,a public sector power distribution company on the ground that the dates were different in the letters the bidders received. It claimed that the actual letters were issued after the code of conduct came into effect.
