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BJP asks EC to stop Sonia from airing message on DD, AIR

New Delhi: BJP yesterday petitioned the Election Commission to stop Congress President Sonia Gandhi from airing her message on Doordarshan and AIR and said it is violative of the Model Code as it polarises the

'By innuendo, she has divided India into Bharat and Hindustan; all of us know to which languages and more so, to which religious communities these descriptions of India are attributable,' the BJP said, asking the Election Commission to disallow this request of the Congress Party.

In the appeal telecast on various TV channels, Gandhi had said that the current Lok Sabha elections was a fight to protect 'the very heart and soul of India' from those who want to divide the people of this country.

Without naming either Narendra Modi or BJP in her telecast, Gandhi said, 'We want unity. They want to impose uniformity. They say, 'Just believe in ME''.