"Yogi Adityanath is a fit case for disqualification. The way he was violating the law despite an earlier order of the Election Commission, I am of the view that he should be disqualified from his membership of Lok Sabha," AICC secretary Sanjay Nirupam told reporters.
He recalled that in the past late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was disenfranchised for six years while some MLAs of Shiv Sena were disqualified on similar charges.
Two days ahead of bypolls in UP, the EC also asked the state poll officials to ensure filing of an FIR against him.
The poll body in its order also cautioned the BJP leader to be careful in his future public utterances.
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