Doubtful by description, EC censures Telangana Energy Minister ahead of Munugode by-election

Tone and tenor of Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy’a speech remained in the nature of intimidation of citizens, states EC Tone and tenor of Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy’a speech remained in the nature of intimidation of citizens, states EC The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday censured Telangana Energy Minister Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy for breaching the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of the Munugode byelection, a day after providing a notification to him and requiring a description for a speech in which he presumably stated the State-sponsored well-being plans would be stopped if individuals did not choose the TRS prospect in Munugode. After analyzing his reply, which was provided within the 3 p.m. due date released to him, the Commission stated it was encouraged that the “tone and tenor” of Mr. Reddy’s speech remained in “the nature of intimidation of citizens”, making it an offense of the arrangements of the MCC. Appropriately, it has actually restricted Mr. Reddy for 48 hours beginning 7 p.m. on October 29 from holding any public conferences, processions, rallies, roadway programs and interviews in addition to public utterances in the media in connection with, or having an influence on, the continuous byelection. “The Commission observes that being a Minister in the State Government and Star Campaigner for the TRS celebration in the byelection … Sh. Guntakandia Jagadish Reddy, has actually an included duty to lead by example and maintain the arrangements of Model Code of Conduct,” the ECI kept in mind. The ECI had, on Wednesday, got a grievance from the BJP’s Kapilavai Dileep Kumar, declaring that Mr. Reddy had in a speech a day previously in the Constituency stated citizens “not thinking about pension” can choose the Bha
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