EC issues show cause notice to Navjot Singh Sidhu for calling PM ‘biggest liar’ in election speech

Last month, Sidhu was barred from campaigning for 72 hours, for appealing Muslims “to vote unitedly”. Sidhu made these comments at a public meeting in Katihar district of Bihar, which went on polls on April 18.

A BJP delegation, including Union Ministers JP Nadda, VK Singh, and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, had urged the EC to take action against Sidhu, alleging that he tried to “spread hatred” with his speech.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Election Commission gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his April 1st speech at Wardha. While referring to Rahul Gandhi’s decision to also contest from Kerala’s Wayanad constituency, PM Modi had said the Congress was taking “refuge in areas where the majority is in minority”.