EC lets off Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi with warning for ‘Modi sena’ remark

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday let off minority affairs minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi with a light rap for his ‘Modiji ki sena’ remark and “warned” him against using the armed forces for political propaganda.


It also asked him to be “careful in the future” with his utterances.

Addressing an election rally in Rampur on April 3, Naqvi had used the phrase ‘Modiji ki sena’ or Modi’s army.

State poll authorities had issued him a show cause notice. In his response, the minister had agreed that he had used the phrase. A similar remark by UP CM had earned him the ire of the poll panel on April 5.

“The Commission ... hereby warns Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to desist from using the references to defence forces for political propaganda and to be careful in future,” the order read