Alleged pressure on film stars to repost Prime Minister’s tweet, plaint filed against union govt.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) spokesperson Surya Mukundaraj has filed a complaint with the state Chief Electoral Officer, alleging that the union government is pressurising film actors to repost the Prime Minister's tweets and indirectly campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has violated the Election code of conduct and misused its authority to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party. In addition, the central government is allocating crores of rupees to social media influencers,” alleged Mukundaraj in his complaint.
In his complaint he revealed that, “On February 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a post on his official X account encouraging first-time voters.”
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Surya Mukundaraj accused officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, through their subordinate Censor Board members, of pressuring popular actors and actresses in different states of the country to repost the PM’s X post.
He clarified in the complaint that any officer of the Prime Minister's office or his ministry indirectly influencing the voters by making such tweets as part of the election campaign after the Election Code of Conduct has been enacted will be a violation of the Election Code of Conduct.
He urged the Election Commission to conduct a proper investigation into the matter and take stringent legal action against the officials who are pressurising the actors and actresses, and funds being given to the active social media influencers.
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RJD surprise element in J’khand polls, party candidates leading in 5 of 6 assembly seats
Ranchi(PTI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has emerged as a surprise element in the Jharkhand assembly elections with its candidates leading in five of the six seats where the party is contesting, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday.
RJD candidates in five assembly seats were leading over sitting BJP legislators.
In 2019, RJD had secured only the Chatra seat where its nominee Satyanand Bhokta won.
In Deoghar, RJD’s Suresh Paswan was leading by 19,581 votes over his nearest rival and BJP's sitting MLA Narayan Das after the third round of counting.
RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav was ahead by 19,867 votes in Godda over BJP MLA Amit Kumar Mandal after the sixth round of counting.
In Koderma, RJD nominee Subhash Prasad Yadav, who was out on bail, was leading by a margin of 3,471 votes over BJP’s sitting legislator Neera Yadav.
Subhas Prasad Yadav, considered to be one of the close aides of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case.
Party’s Naresh Prasad Singh was leading by 5,159 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP’s Bishrampur MLA Ramchandra Chandravanshi.
RJD's Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav was also leading from Hussainabad by 8,213 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP MLA Kamlesh Kumar Singh.
Party’s candidate Rashmi Prakash, however, was trailing from Chatra by 3,776 votes.
Bhokta did not contest the elections this time, and his daughter-in-law Prakash was given a ticket.
