Indian elections: EC bars Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati from campaigning

The Election Commission acted against the two for violating the Model Code of Conduct.

India’s election commission on Monday banned a firebrand Hindu nationalist state chief minister from campaigning for three days to stop him stoking hatred between religious communities in a divisive election that will end next month.
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The saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, had been warned this month about his campaign speeches, the election commission said in its order.
The election commission said Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, had spoken about a “green virus” in a speech last week, apparently referring to Muslim voters who he said were being wooed by opposition parties.
The commission also imposed a ban on the leader of the Dalits, saying she had violated a code of conduct by asking Muslims to vote en bloc for opposition candidates. The ban on the Dalit leader, Mayawati, would run for two days, it said.