<p>The BJP on Monday urged the Election Commission to ban Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning in the ongoing assembly polls and register a criminal case against him and his party, alleging that he was promoting hatred and division in the society with his comments.</p>.<p>A BJP delegation, including Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, met the EC with a memorandum and claimed that Sidhu had insulted Brahmins with a "derogatory" reference with an aim to divide Punjabis.</p>.<p>Sidhu had also recently made an appeal to Muslims in the state that their votes should not be divided, the BJP noted.</p>.<p>Naqvi said the Congress leader's comments are in violation of the Model Code of Conduct and the Indian Penal Code as well.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/punjab/channis-chopper-not-allowed-to-take-off-due-to-pms-visit-1081507.html" target="_blank">Channi's chopper not allowed to take off due to PM's visit</a></strong></p>.<p>He also accused opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh of trying to hinder Muslim women from voting and asked the EC to look into it.</p>.<p>The BJP memorandum urged the EC to also censure and warn the Indian National Congress for promoting hatred and division by "allowing and acquiescing in the sinister designs" of Sidhu.</p>.<p>It said, "In a state that has suffered due to secessionist elements and militancy in no distant past and which is just about emerging from ill-effects thereof, a crass derogation of the one particular caste amongst Hindus is an ugly attempt to divide the people of the state of Punjab, which being a border state has always been a target of sinister incursions from across the border. Such trends, however preliminary, must not be ignored."</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The BJP on Monday urged the Election Commission to ban Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu from campaigning in the ongoing assembly polls and register a criminal case against him and his party, alleging that he was promoting hatred and division in the society with his comments.</p>.<p>A BJP delegation, including Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, met the EC with a memorandum and claimed that Sidhu had insulted Brahmins with a "derogatory" reference with an aim to divide Punjabis.</p>.<p>Sidhu had also recently made an appeal to Muslims in the state that their votes should not be divided, the BJP noted.</p>.<p>Naqvi said the Congress leader's comments are in violation of the Model Code of Conduct and the Indian Penal Code as well.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/punjab/channis-chopper-not-allowed-to-take-off-due-to-pms-visit-1081507.html" target="_blank">Channi's chopper not allowed to take off due to PM's visit</a></strong></p>.<p>He also accused opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh of trying to hinder Muslim women from voting and asked the EC to look into it.</p>.<p>The BJP memorandum urged the EC to also censure and warn the Indian National Congress for promoting hatred and division by "allowing and acquiescing in the sinister designs" of Sidhu.</p>.<p>It said, "In a state that has suffered due to secessionist elements and militancy in no distant past and which is just about emerging from ill-effects thereof, a crass derogation of the one particular caste amongst Hindus is an ugly attempt to divide the people of the state of Punjab, which being a border state has always been a target of sinister incursions from across the border. Such trends, however preliminary, must not be ignored."</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>