A day after it directed BJP to remove junior finance minister Anurag Thakur and West Delhi MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma from its list of star campaigners for the Delhi assembly polls, the Election Commission on Thursday barred the two functionaries from campaigning for 72 hours and 96 hours, respectively, over their “communal” remarks.
A day after it directed BJP to remove junior finance minister Anurag Thakur and West Delhi MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma from its list of star campaigners for the Delhi assembly polls, the Election Commission on Thursday barred the two functionaries from campaigning for 72 hours and 96 hours, respectively, over their “communal” remarks.