NEW DELHI: Hitting out at Election Commission of India for asking the party to modify its campaign song, AAP minister Atishi on Sunday claimed that it didn’t not violate any rules. She accused EC of being “another political weapon of BJP” and stated that this was probably the first time in India’s history that a party's election campaign song had been banned.
Atishi accused EC of “inaction” when BJP “violates the model code of conduct on a daily basis”. She further claimed that EC objected to the song mentioning fraudulent arrests but didn’t take action to prevent attacks on the opposition or change the heads of investigative agencies during elections. “You (EC) would not change the head of CBI, you would not change ED's director or IT's director during elections, you would not do anything to stop the attack on the opposition. But if someone mentions in their campaign that fraudulent arrests are being made, then EC takes objection to it,” Atishi said.
Atishi highlighted that AAP's campaign song didn’t mention BJP by name, yet EC believed that talking about dictatorship was a criticism of the party at helm at Centre. She suggested that this implied EC itself believed that BJP was running a “dictatorial rule” in the country.
The AAP functionary maintained that the campaign song didn’t violate the model code of conduct and included “factual videos and incidents”, such as the arrest of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the police's alleged misbehaviour with Manish Sisodia in Rouse Avenue Court, and the detention of AAP volunteers during protests.
Atishi questioned the intentions of EC, asking if the poll agency wanted to suppress the truth or hide the misconduct of the police and the alleged political misuse of investigative agencies by BJP.
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