Senior Congress leader and advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the party in its petition to the Election Commission of India has urged to take ‘appropriate action’ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘irrespective of the status of the person’ over the PM’s recent speech in Rajasthan’s Banswara.
Singhvi said that the Prime Minister’s statement was ‘seriously, ridiculously objectionable’.
“I have had the privilege of leading the Congress delegation involving about 17 complaints to the ECI. Most important is the first one which deals with the extremely objectionable comments of no less than the Chief Executive of this government. We respect the office he holds. He is as much as our Prime Minister as he is yours and he is BJP’s. Unfortunately, the statement we have quoted is seriously, ridiculously objectionable. We pray to him (PM Modi) with folded hands to withdraw this statement and to clarify. We have asked the Election Commission to state that this is the position in law, we will do in his respect, whatever we do with others,” Singhvi said while talking to reporters after the delegation of Congress met with the Election Commission of India on Monday.