12-24-2007, 11:14 AM
<b>Modi accuses Election Commission of double standard</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi [Images] on Sunday charged the Election Commission with double standards for its caution to him on his remarks about the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter while sparing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi [Images] the same for her "merchant of death" utterances.
<b>"One notice for the son of Hindustan and another for the foreigner daughter. One decision for the son of Hindustan and another for the foreigner daughter. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>I think the hangover of colonial temperament continues," </b></span>Modi said in his reaction to the EC's ruling on replies given by him and Gandhi on their controversial remarks made in the run up to Gujarat assembly elections.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi [Images] on Sunday charged the Election Commission with double standards for its caution to him on his remarks about the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter while sparing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi [Images] the same for her "merchant of death" utterances.
<b>"One notice for the son of Hindustan and another for the foreigner daughter. One decision for the son of Hindustan and another for the foreigner daughter. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>I think the hangover of colonial temperament continues," </b></span>Modi said in his reaction to the EC's ruling on replies given by him and Gandhi on their controversial remarks made in the run up to Gujarat assembly elections.
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