Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Sunday escalated his attack on the Election Commission, alleging that it was acting as an election office of the BJP and describing the elections as “unconstitutional” because the party leader Narendra Modi declared himself as prime minister ahead of poll results.
Mr. Khan told reporters here that he had responded to the EC's notice within the prescribed time limit, yet the ban on his speeches was not lifted. “The Commission is openly helping BJP in the elections. It has become a puppet in the hands of communal forces.”
Comparing his case — in which he was censured by the EC for remarks on religious lines — to that of BJP leader Amit Shah, Mr. Khan said: “Mr. Shah was allowed to speak even after his comments describing Azamgarh as a ‘hub of terrorists,’ which shows the EC is working for the BJP.”
