[Meanwhile, the election commission ordered an FIR against the BJP advertisement.]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/news/Bihar-polls-BJP-defends-its-ad-on-beef-EC-orders-FIR/articleshow/49660796.cms Bihar polls: BJP defends its ad on beef, EC orders FIR PTI | Nov 4, 2015, 06.43 PM IST PATNA: BJP stoutly defended its advertisement on beef on Wednedsay, a day ahead of the last phase of assembly polls in Bihar saying it has rightly questioned Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's silence on the controversial remarks made by his allies on the issue. ***Meanwhile, the election commission ordered an FIR against the BJP advertisement.*** [Emphasis added.] "There is nothing wrong in our advertisement on beef issue and asking the chief minister to break his silence on controversial remarks made by the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, his colleague Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Karnataka chief minister S Siddaramaiah," senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters here. "As far as the timing goes, it is our prerogative as to when we should put out any advertisement," he said. His defiant stand on the issue came after the grand alliance criticised BJP for putting out the advertisement in vernacular dailies in areas going to polls on Thursday in the last phase, including Seemanchal, and said it will knock the Election Commission's doors on the issue. [Facsimile of the ad: BJP ad on the 'holy cow'.] The BJP advertisement had questioned the chief minister's "silence" on "repeated insult" to cows by grand alliance leaders as the animal is revered by the countrymen and asked Kumar to come clean on the issue and stop playing votebank politics on cow. The advertisement also asked the chief minister whether he agreed with the remarks on beef eating by his friends from alliance partners. Questioned by reporters about BJP's motive behind releasing the advertisement on beef in vernacular dailies in four districts, Sushil Modi said it was not his party that had raked up the beef issue during polls but RJD chief Lalu Prasad who had controversially said that the Hindus too eat beef. Prasad's colleague Raghuvansh Prasad Singh had repeatedly said consumption of beef was permissible during ancient times as mentioned in Veda and related documents. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
