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The Election Commission on Thursday admonished chief minister Siddaramaiah for using "derogatory" word against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi during campaigning.
The Commission rejected the explanation offered by Siddaramaiah on the use of language against Modi and asked him to be “extremely careful” in future. “Your explanation relating to the use of the word against the leader of a major political party has not been accepted, as that explanation has been specifically used to criticize Sh Narendra Modi personally and not by way of criticizing his Government policies. “Now, therefore, the Commission has decided to admonish you for the derogatory word used by you against Sh Narendra Modi and has further advised you to be extremely careful in future,” the EC order said.
Siddaramaiah, while campaigning in Mysore on March 23, had termed Modi as a “Narahantaka" (mass murderer). “...actually he is not Narendra Modi, he is a Narahantaka," he had said as per the EC order.
