The EC said if no reply is received within the prescribed time, it will be presumed that he has nothing to say and the Commission will take appropriate action without any further reference to him.
A copy of the video CD of Modi's speech of November 7 in Dongargarh Rajnandgaon of Chhattisgarh was obtained by the Commission alongwith remarks by the Returning Officer before issuing the notice to him.
Modi while campaigning in Chhattisgarh on November 7 had said, “When Atal Behari Vajpayee formed Chhattisgarh, whose hands did it first go into...Do you want such a “khooni panja” (bloodied hand) again...Brothers and sisters, don't commit that mistake again. Even by mistake, don't ever let Chhattisgarh go into the hands of a ‘Zalim Panja' (cruel hands).”
