Press Trust of India

BANGALORE, Apr 29: The Election Commission has issued a notice to BJP MLA from Chikmagalur, C T Ravi, for allegedly making a hate speech. 

The notice had been issued under sections 153 A and 153 B and 505 of the Indian Penal Code and sub clause 1 (1) and 1 (3) of clause one and clause three of Model Code of Conduct, state Chief Electoral Officer M N Vidyashankar told reporters on Wednesday.

Ravi had been issued the notice for making the alleged speech at a school in Hassan on April 6 in which he targeted anti-Hindutva forces.

So far, a total of 1,921 cases of violation of the code of conduct had been registered in the state. Officials had registered 684 cases against political parties -- BJP (201) by Congress (191), JDS (98), CPIM (4), NCP (3) and 161 by others.

Constituency wise, Bellary topped in cases of violation of model code with 303 cases, Shimoga 151, Belgaum 159, Gulbarga 263, Raichur 116, Mandya 159 and Chamrajanagar 140.