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The Election Commission of India has enveloped PM Modi’s act of addressing a rally in Baghpat a day before the Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency bypoll in the disguise of legality and propriety !
The commission functionary remarked:
” There is a difference between legality and propriety….. The rally was avoidable,but the PM cannot be faulted legally.”
The fact cannot be denied that the cover up reflects “ifs and buts” in the tale.
Then the coveted office of Prime Minister of India has certain amount of grace,dignity and sanctity attached to it too !
Should not these values and niceties weigh in the mind of the Honorable PM Modi over his party’s win or loss in a bypoll ?
Time to ponder over and introspect !
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala(Punjab)
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist,Barnala(Punjab)
The Election Commission of India has enveloped PM Modi’s act of addressing a rally in Baghpat a day before the Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency bypoll in the disguise of legality and propriety !
The commission functionary remarked:
” There is a difference between legality and propriety….. The rally was avoidable,but the PM cannot be faulted legally.”
The fact cannot be denied that the cover up reflects “ifs and buts” in the tale.
Then the coveted office of Prime Minister of India has certain amount of grace,dignity and sanctity attached to it too !
Should not these values and niceties weigh in the mind of the Honorable PM Modi over his party’s win or loss in a bypoll ?
Time to ponder over and introspect !
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala(Punjab)