AAP gets notice on Gupta’s ‘distorted’ pic
Two days after the Aam Aadmi Party came up with Arvind Kejriwal versus Vijender Gupta posters across the city, the Delhi State Election Commission on Tuesday asked the AAP to file its reply within two days over a complaint of using a “distorted” picture of the BJP leader.
In a written communication to AAP state convener Dilip Pandey, the election body said that if the party fails to file the reply, the complaint will be decided “ex parte”.
“I am directly to kindly advice you to take remedial action and give comments on this complaint (Gupta’s), within 48 hours, to this Commission for its pursual, otherwise complaint will be decided ex parte,” commission’s deputy secretary Girish Pandey said in a communication to AAP.
The poster, seen in many parts of the city, carries photos of both Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Gupta and asks voters as to who they would prefer to hold the reins of the municipal corporations.
Gupta, leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly, had met State Election Commissioner S K Srivastava on Monday and lodged a complaint seeking action against the ruling party in Delhi.
“The posters show a smiling face of Kejriwal but depict me in a distorted and villainous way,” Gupta had said in his complaint, demanding removal of posters besides demanding action against AAP.
The AAP on Sunday plastered the city with posters and billboards, posing a direct question to the city’s voters — Dilli ki baagdor kisko? (Who would you like to hand over Delhi to?) Arvind Kejriwal or Vijender Gupta?