The Election Commission on Thursday barred former Union minister and DMK leader A Raja from campaigning for 48 hours with immediate effect and dropped him from the list of DMK star campaigners in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, over his “derogatory” and “obscene” remarks against Tamil Nadu chief minister E K Palaniswami. The poll panel also advised Raja “to be watchful and not to make intemperate, indecent, derogatory, obscene remarks and lower the dignity of women in future during the election campaign”.

The Election Commission on Thursday barred former Union minister and DMK leader A Raja from campaigning for 48 hours with immediate effect and dropped him from the list of DMK star campaigners in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, over his “derogatory” and “obscene” remarks against Tamil Nadu chief minister E K Palaniswami. The poll panel also advised Raja “to be watchful and not to make intemperate, indecent, derogatory, obscene remarks and lower the dignity of women in future during the election campaign”.