Among the several complaints sent to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the divisive and slur-filled speech made by PM Modi yesterday is one by the daughter and wife of a Fauji (army man). Eight-four year old Lalitha Ramdas (Lolly to the wider community) has in a short and pithy communication urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to act swiftly against Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for his divisive speech made at Banswara, Rajasthan on April 22, pointing out that this is a violation of the MCC, Representation of People’s Act and Indian criminal law.
Wife of Admiral Ramdas who passed away a month ago, Lalita Ramdas has written this letter from their farm, Lara Farm situated at Alibaug in Raigad district of Maharashtra where she is a community educator. The short but pithy communication calls for prompt action.
Lalita Ramdas’ father was the late Admiral Ram Dass Katari, and the first Indian to become Chief of Naval Staff in Independent India. Her husband, late Admiral L. Ramdas, also a Navy Chief, who passed away a month ago, has been a prominent public voice, often writing letters to the ECI – CEC – in the past few years, expressing his concerns and anguish at the violations of the Constitution of India, to which all Servicemen take an oath of loyalty.
Lalitha Ramdas states that she is deeply disturbed and distressed at reports and visuals regarding the serious violation of the above mentioned provisions of the Model Code of Conduct – which also represent a violation of the Constitution. “Along with many other citizens of this country, I hereby urge the ECI, especially the Hon Chief Election Commissioner Shree Rajiv Kumar and other Honourable Election Commissioners to kindly respond to the public demand for taking action in this case, she concludes.
The text of the letter may be read below:
April 22, 2024
Hon’ble CEC & ECs of ECI,
Subject : Violation of (a) the Model Code of Conduct, (b) Sections 123(3) and (3A), 125 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code by Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister, in a speech in Banswara, Rajasthan, on April 21, 2024.
I am Lalita Ramdas, aged 84, a concerned senior citizen of this country and a registered voter in Alibag Taluka, Raigad, in Maharashtra. My husband and I have been casting our votes at the Kamarle Village School.
I am also an active community educator and have worked for over four decades with literacy, adult education and awareness building on the Constitution in urban and rural areas.
I also happen to be a Fauji daughter and Fauji wife.
My father, late Admiral Ram Dass Katari, was the first Indian to become Chief of Naval Staff in Independent India.
My husband, late Admiral L. Ramdas, also a Navy Chief, who passed away a month ago, has written letters to the ECI – CEC – in the past few years, expressing his concerns and anguish at the violations of the Constitution of India, to which all Servicemen take an oath of loyalty.
I am deeply disturbed and distressed at reports and visuals regarding the serious violation of the above mentioned provisions of the Model Code of Conduct – which also represent a violation of the Constitution.
Along with many other citizens of this country, I hereby urge the ECI, especially the Hon Chief Election Commissioner Shree Rajiv Kumar and other Honourable Election Commissioners to kindly respond to the public demand for taking action in this case.
Thanking you in anticipation as a citizen representing We the People of India,
Yours Faithfully,
Lalita Ramdas