Election Commission Issued Notice to Mumbai BJP Chief on Communal Remarks

Mumbai: The Election Commission on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Mumbai chief of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Mangal Prabhat Lodha for his alleged communal remarks during the ongoing poll campaign. Lodha had recently at an election rally in Mumbadevi constituency, which has a sizeable Muslim population, hinted that the explosives used for blasts in the early nineties in Mumbai were “manufactured in the lanes within 5 km.” He apparently referred to the Dongri and Nagpada areas, inhabited mostly by minorities, while referring to “lanes”. (IANS)

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