The Congress has denied a Lok Sabha ticket to Supriya Shrinate from Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Shrinate failed to secure victory from the seat in 2019 general elections. In its eighth list of 14 candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress fielded Virendra Chaudhary, instead of Supriya Shrinate, from Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate is at the centre of a controversy over a now-deleted social media post on Kangana Ranaut who has been granted a Lok Sabha ticket from the Bharatiya Janata Party in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
Shrinate asserted that “many people” have access to her Facebook and Instagram accounts, and someone must have made the “extremely inappropriate” post, which has since been deleted.
She stressed on the fact that she deleted the post, as soon as she got to know about it.
On Wednesday, the Election Commission issued a show-cause notice to Shrinate for her offensive remarks against Ranaut. The poll panel said that prima facie, Shrinate’s remarks violate the Model Code of Conduct. The Commission found the comments to be ‘undignified and in bad taste’ and sought her response by 5pm on March 29, 2024.
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