New Delhi: Congress today moved the Election Commission over Narendra Modi's controversial “khooni panja” barb at the party during a rally in Chhattisgarh, seeking “stern action” against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate.
Slamming Modi for his alleged “intemperate, malicious and defamatory” remarks, Congress party in its communication to Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said that by describing the hand symbol of Congresss as “Khooni Panja” and “Jalim Hath” Modi is using derogatory language even for the Commission since it has reference to the symbol allotted by the Commission.
“The use of the expression khooni panja is extremely significant and deplorable and has an effect of terrorizing the public at large against Congress,” the party said.
The party also sent to the EC a DVD of Modi's speech at Dongargarh delivered on Thursday when he had made the remarks as well as clippings of a newspaper report.
