Rahul Responds to EC Notice, Says Did Not Violate Model Code

Rahul Gandhi also told the Commission that he had no intention of misleading the people by stating unverified facts.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have told the Election Commission that he has not violated the model code by his claim that the Narendra Modi government has enacted a new law that allowed tribals to be shot at.

Responding to the show cause notice, Gandhi is learnt to have told the poll panel that he had tried to summarise a proposed amendment to the Indian Forest Act in a simple language during a political speech.