Congress hurts womens respect & dignity: Election Commission issues show-cause notice to Kharge, Surjewala

The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala for his “undignified, vulgar and uncivilized” remarks on BJP MP and film star Hema Malini.

It's said that, in the notice the Election Commission has asked Surjewala to reply by 5pm on April 11 as to why appropriate action for violation of Model Code of Conduct should not be taken against him.

Reports says that separately, the EC has also shot a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over the “repeated violations” made by senior leaders of the party.

The EC asked Kharge to inform the poll body “the steps taken by the party to ensure strict compliance of the Commission’s advisory relating to honour and dignity of women during public discourse” by April 12.

“It is unfortunate that despite the Commission bringing it to the notice of the party at your level, the campaigners of Indian National Congress are still indulging in utterances that are repugnant to the honour and dignity of women,” the EC wrote to Kharge in a letter signed by senior principal secretary Narendra Nath Butolia.