Personal attacks during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections have hit an all new low as Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma made another controversial remark while addressing Congress workers in Gonda on Thursday. Beni called Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi an ‘animal’ and said that he needs to be taught a lesson.
This came despite the Elections Commission taking cognizance of his earlier alleged controversial remarks against Narendra Modi. The Election Commission on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Beni for prima facie violating the Model Code of Conduct.
He has been asked to put forth his stand on the charges by Saturday morning failing which the EC will take action without further referring the matter to him. The showcause notice was issued following complaints and reports by poll authorities in Uttar Pradesh.
Verma had earlier called Modi the “biggest goon”, “a descendant of Hitler”, and even claimed that Modi, as a 20-year-old, had committed a “major crime” and had fled his home.
He had also said that Modi will never reach the PM’s post and go to “graveyard”.