e National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to Election Commission of India over children being used in campaigning for political parties. The complaint pertains to a video in which children were seen using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in front of Congress general secretary for eastern UP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
In its complaint, the NCPCR objected to the use of children in the election campaign. The NCPCR also said that the Bombay High Court had ruled in an order on August 4, 2014 that children should not be included in the election campaign.
The High Court had also asked the Election Commission to issue instructions to all political parties in this regard.
After following the order, the Election Commission had directed all political parties on February 21, 2017 to not include children in the election campaign.
In the video which has gone viral, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is seen watching the children shout "chowkidar chor hai [the watchman is a thief]" and then proceed to use abusive language.
Priyanka Gandhi, obviously shocked, is seen waving a disapproving finger at them and can be heard saying, "Yeh wala nahin, accha nahin lag raha hai [Not this one, it does not look good]."
While a clipped version of the video shows Gandhi encouraging the abusive chants, the original video depicts Gandhi chiding the children as soon as they used the abusive word and asking them to not continue.
The video, both clipped and original versions, have gone viral on social media with many including BJP leaders like Smriti Irani slamming Gandhi for allegedly teaching foul language to kids and goading them to use such words against Modi. And now, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the national body in charge of child protection issues in the country, has written to the Election Commission against the video, news agency ANI reported.
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