The Election Commission on Wednesday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pitch for votes in the name of the Balakot air strikes. In Latur on April 4, Modi had asked first-time voters to “dedicate your first vote to the valiant soldiers who carried out the air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot” and “the brave martyrs of Pulwama”. On April 20, she had told Aaj Tak channel she was proud of her participation in the Babri demolition and asserted a Ram temple would be built at the site. The commission found the first statement “unwarranted” and the second “provocative” and a violation of the model code, which bans the “securing of votes on religious lines”. Bhopal votes on May 12.

Source: The Telegraph May 02, 2019 00:33 UTC