The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a notice to former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath on his remark of ‘item’ jibe at BJP candidate Imarti Devi, saying his remarks were found to be in violation of the model code of conduct in place in the state due to the assembly by-election. The notice reads: ‘Now, therefore, the Commission gives you an opportunity to explain your stand in making the above-said statement within 48 hours of receipt of this notice, failing which the Election Commission of India shall take a decision without further reference to you,".

While addressing a poll meeting on Sunday in Gwalior's Dabra town, where the BJP has fielded Imarti Devi, Kamal Nath had said the Congress candidate was a "simple person" unlike his opponent who was an ‘item’. Madhya Pradesh BJP leaders, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday held a protest against Kamal Nath, while the National Commission for Women sought an explanation from the Congress leader for his remark.

You should not make Madhya Pradesh a source of loot and to serve your and your party's interests, said Shivraj Singh Chouhan responding to Congress leader Kamal Nath. Chouhan wrote back to the former CM in response to the letter in which he had blame him and the ruling BJP of creating a controversy around his 'item; remark. Previously in his letter to the MP CM, Kamal Nath had claimed he had made no impolite comments at the rally in Dabra yet the BJP was spreading lies over it.

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