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Amid the BJP and the Congress lodging complaints against each other with the Election Commission (EC) for poll code violations, the election panel on Saturday has asked the presidents to comment on the charges filed against each other. 

In separate letters to the saffron party president JP Nadda and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, the EC has asked them to comment on the complaints. The commission has sought formal responses from both the party presidents by 1 pm on Monday (November 18) over the statements from leading campaigners from both the parties, Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi. 

The saffron party filed a complaint against Rahul Gandhi on November 11. The BJP claimed that Rahul falsely accused other states of stealing and snatching alleged opportunities from the State of Maharashtra.

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"Rahul Gandhi with his statements is inciting the youths of Maharashtra which is immensely dangerous for the unity and integrity of the nation. As only expected and in line with his typical pattern of campaigning and general conduct, Rahul Gandhi's speech was full of falsehood and lies, intending to create disaffection, enmity and ill-will between the states of Union of India. Rahul Gandhi with his misleading statement has tried to create a divide between the people of Maharashtra and Gujarat & other states," BJP said in its complaint.

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The Congress in its complaint against Amit Shah on November 13 claimed that he maligned the image of grand old party in his speeches. "During his speech, Amit Shah alleged that the INC and its allies were; (a) against Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs); (b) promoting terrorism in the country. In what has become a common narrative across the BJP's campaign in Jharkhand, Amit Shah has also accused the INC of planning to take away reservations from members of the ST, SC and OBC communities and granting them to members of a particular religious minority community," said the Congress in its complaint. "The statements made by Amit Shah have been made with the sole intent of inciting voters on the grounds of religion and caste; in order to consolidate votes and inducing them into voting for the BJP by stoking communal insecurity," the Congress added.