West Bengal polls | EC imposes 24-hour campaign ban on BJP's Sayantan Basu, TMC's Sujata Mondal
The Hindu
The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 p.m. on April 18 to 7 p.m. on April 19
The Election Commission on Sunday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantan Basu and Sujata Mondal of the Trinamool Congress for their controversial remarks during the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal. The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 p.m. on April 18 to 7 p.m. on April 19. In an order, the poll panel said it had carefully considered Ms. Mondal's reply to it notice which does not justify the relevant portions of her statement "denigrating the Scheduled Caste community in West Bengal".
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