In its order on Adityanath, the ECI on Monday said it "strongly condemns" the impugned statement made by the UP chief minister and "censured" him for "misconduct".
The decision came after a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from the DMK candidate's office a few days ago.
Earlier the Congress's state unit spokesperson Naresh Chauhan had sought Satti's apology, but he refused saying he merely read out the contents of a message which was already viral on social media.
Just as the Lok Sabha elections are underway, political leaders are making statements violating the Model Code of Conduct, against which the Election Commission went full throttle on Monday.
“We are toothless, we are powerless, we issue notices, then advisory and on repeated violation, we file complaint, this is their power,” the Election Commission had told the Supreme Court earlier.
The court will take up the matter at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, saying it wants to examine the scope of powers of the Election Commission.
CM Yogi Adityanath replies to EC notice, says never asked for vote in the name of god
A BJP delegation comprising Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi met EC officials and also alleged that the poll panel had ignored their earlier complaints against Gandhi on the issue.
In an interim order, the apex court also directed all political parties to provide details of the amount of the bond and bank account of donors by May 30 to the poll panel.
A bench headed by Chief Justice said it will hear the plea filed by producers of the biopic.
Over 150 armed forces veterans have written to President and Commander-in-Chief Ram Nath Kovind to complain about the manner in which political parties have been repeatedly using armed forces for political gains ahead of the Lok Sabha election.
Apex court also directed Finance Ministry to reduce window of purchasing electoral bonds from 10 days to five days in April-May.
During the rally Sunday, Mayawati said the Congress was busy dividing the votes and cautioned the gathering to guard against any such attempt.
The poll panel said any political content has to be permitted by the local media certification committee "strictly in accordance with the EC's instructions in this regard".
EC Director General Dhirendra Ojha told reporters that of these, a whopping 500 posts were removed by Facebook alone. while two posts were removed by Twitter, and one by WhatsApp, after receiving complaints from the poll panel.
The three universities are Jamia Millia Islamia, Mahatma Gandhi Central University in Motihari and Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha.
The BSP has alleged that they had received reports of Dalits being prevented from reaching polling booths in "various" places in the state.
The controversy over the packets labelled "Namo Foods" triggered row earlier today as the opposition raised objection and filed a complaint with the election body, even after the local police said the packs only displayed the name of food shop.
The Election Commission Wednesday ordered the producers of 'Laxmi's NTR' and 'Udyama Simham' not to release the movies till further orders.
He also posted a picture in which the EC used a picture of armymen with quote "the powerful weapon is not only the gun we hold, it's also the button we press".
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