Trinamool accuses Suvendu Adhikari of hate speech, complains to poll body

The BJP has written to the Election Commission, seeking a First Information Report against Congress's Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, over what they have called 'lies" against the BJP and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevk Sangh. A party delegation, led by Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, has submitted a 10-page memorandum to the Commission, mentioning Mr Gandhi's speeches and remarks and sought that he be "censured" and "restrained".

The move comes on the heels of the Congress complaint on the BJP's "communal ads" -- the party today said the poll body has taken note of it. The party has accused the BJP of posting a misleading advertisement on social media that contained "false information" about the leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha or JMM, Congress, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD.

The complaint had referred to an advertisement posted on Facebook on November 9, whch the party claimed was  in blatant violation of the Model Code of Conduct .