EC bars Maneka, Azam Khan from campaigning after crackdown on Maya, Yogi

Gandhi cannot campaign for 48 for telling Muslims in Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday that she will not bother about them if they didn't vote for her

Cracking the whip, the Election Commission Monday banned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BSP leader Mayawati, SP leader Azam Khan and Union minister Maneka Gandhi from campaigning for their hate comments.

While Adityanath and Khan have been barred for 72 hours, Mayawati and Gandhi face a 48-hour ban. The nationwide ban comes into force at 6 am Tuesday, the poll panel said.

According to EC officials, this is the first time an all-India ban has been imposed on politicians to campaign in elections and also it is for the first time such a restriction has been put against a