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BJP
accuses Salman Khurshid of poll code violation
Friday, September 10, 2010 08:01:27 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), fighting two assembly
by-polls in Karnataka, Friday charged union Minister of State for
Corporate and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid with violating poll
code by promising jobs in private sector to minorities and
deprived sections.
Khurshid referred to the Equal Opportunities Commission and the
central government's plan to encourage private sector to reserve
jobs for the poorer sections of society at a press conference in Gulbarga Thursday.
He was in the north Karnataka district to campaign for the
Congress candidate in the South Gulbarga assembly poll slated for
Sep 13. The other by-poll is in Kadur in Chikmagalur.
Ajay Singh, son of former Karnataka chief minister Dharam Singh,
is the Congress candidate.
BJP legislator B.N. Vijayakumar and the party's media coordinator
S. Prakash Friday met the state election authorities and lodged a
complaint against Khurshid, claiming he had violated the poll code
of conduct by trying to appeal to voters on the basis of religion.
They said, apart from his press conference statements, Khurshid
also promised during the campaigning that the central government
would soon come out with a programme to help minority community
members to start their own businesses.
While the BJP complained against the central minister, Chief
Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has had to reply to two notices by the
election authorities. The Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular had
complained against him.
The first notice was on his statement assuring reservation for Adi
Banajiga community which has sizeable number of votes in South
Gulbarga.
The second notice was against his statement that he will 'adopt'
Kadur and develop it as a model constituency if the BJP candidate
is elected.
Yeddyurappa has denied any violation of code conduct.
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