Third Clean Chit to PM Modi Over ‘Nuclear’ Speech in Barmer

Earlier this week, the EC gave a clean chit to PM Modi for his speech in Maharashtra’s Latur and Wardha.

The Election Commission on Thursday, 2 May, gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech at Rajasthan’s Barmer where he had warned Pakistan, saying India's nuclear arsenal is not meant for Diwali.

This was Modi's third clean chit from the commission in the last three days as he was accused of violating the model code of conduct by the Congress party.

"India stopped getting scared of Pakistan’s threats... Every other day Pakistan used to say we have nuclear button, our newspapers would also say the same, then what do we do? Have we kept it (nuclear button) for Diwali?" Modi had said during his speech on 21 April.