Revoke Registrations of Congress: BJP Demands Before ECI

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday demanded that the Congress party’s registration with the Election Commission of India should be revoked immediately because of Sonia Gandhi’s alleged tweet threatening the sovereignty of the state.

A BJP delegation comprising Union ministers Bhupender Yadav and Jitendra Singh and BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh presented a memorandum to the chief election commissioner demanding immediate action against the Congress and Sonia Gandhi.

Referring to the tweet by the Congress party in respect of Sonia Gandhi’s comments in which she called the Karnataka voters to protect the sovereignty of the state, the memorandum said the remarks fitted into a “pattern of mischievous and intentional indiscretions of Congress for which a serious note must be taken by the ECI and punitive action taken”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in his election rally in Mysuru’s Nanjangudu attacked the Congress for the sovereignty remarks by Sonia Gandhi.

The whole controversy started from a tweet from the Congress Party’s official handle which said, “CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi ji sends a strong message to 6.5 crore Kannadigas: The Congress will not allow anyone to pose a threat to Karnataka’s reputation, sovereignty or integrity.”