New Delhi: The Election Commission today cautioned RJD chief Lalu Prasad for his reported castiest remarks which it said were violative of the model code and asked him to be "more careful" in public utterances during election campaigns in future.
"...the Commission has considered your reply carefully and has observed that you have not denied having made the impugned statements...the explanations furnished by you in support of justifying those statements have not been found convincing by the Commission," the Election Commission said in its order.
It reminded Mr Prasad that the statements can aggravate the differences between different sections of society and also inciting them on grounds of caste and religion.
An FIR has already been lodged against Mr Prasad recently in Bihar for allegedly making casteist remarks.
Earlier, while issuing the notice, the Election Commission reminded him that "promoting feelings of enmity or hatred between different classes of citizens on the ground of religion, race, caste, community or language" is an electoral offence under section 125 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and also an offence under section 153A and section 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code.
"...the Commission has considered your reply carefully and has observed that you have not denied having made the impugned statements...the explanations furnished by you in support of justifying those statements have not been found convincing by the Commission," the Election Commission said in its order.
It reminded Mr Prasad that the statements can aggravate the differences between different sections of society and also inciting them on grounds of caste and religion.
An FIR has already been lodged against Mr Prasad recently in Bihar for allegedly making casteist remarks.
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Earlier, while issuing the notice, the Election Commission reminded him that "promoting feelings of enmity or hatred between different classes of citizens on the ground of religion, race, caste, community or language" is an electoral offence under section 125 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and also an offence under section 153A and section 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code.
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