[dropcap]E[/dropcap]LECTION Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the removal of Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh from the list of star campaigners of Bhartiya Janta Party for the general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the NCT of Delhi with immediate effect and until further orders..Earlier, the ECI issued a show-cause notice to Thakur for violating the Model Code of Conduct by chanting 'desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maro sa**on ko' (shoot the traitors) at a poll rally in Delhi on Monday..Anurag Thakur has been given time till 12 noon on January 30 to respond to the notice, failing which the commission shall take a decision without any reference to you..In the show-cause notice, the EC referred to section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, dealing with attempts to promote enmity or hatred between different classes of citizens on the grounds of religion, race, caste, community or language..On the other hand, BJP parliamentarian Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma said "This is not just another election. It is an election to decide the unity of a nation. If the BJP comes to power on February 11, you will not find a single protester within an hour. And within a month, we will not spare a single mosque built on government land"..Elaborating his remarks to news agency ANI on Tuesday, he said, "Lakhs of people gather there (Shaheen Bagh)… They will enter your houses, rape your sisters and daughters, kill them. There's time today, (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji and Amit Shah won't come to save you tomorrow."
