Hyderabad, May 2 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has barred former Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections for 48 hours. The action was taken over a complaint regarding derogatory comments made by KCR against Congress during a press meet in Sircilla on April 5, 2024, ECI said in an order dated May 1.

KCR has been barred from "holding any public meetings, public processions, public rallies, shows and interviews, public utterances in media (electronic, print, social media) etc in connection with the ongoing elections for 48 hours from 8 pm on May 1," as per the ECI order.

The ECI was acting on a complaint from G Niranjan, senior vic...