Oberoi, while talking to a news agency, said that ECI approval is awaited, and a necessary file has been sent to the ECI and also to the Lieutenant Governor for the nod regarding the presiding officer.
The BJP, which has demanded repoll in some seats had lodged as many as 303 complaints.
Both the driver and the polling officer managed to evacuate the vehicle before the rushing waters engulfed it, officials told the local media.
The 8 seats where polling would be held in the first phase include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit.
Displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas, the public notice read.
The interim vice-chancellor Gautam Chandra and some EC members waiting at the estate office of the BU at Rajbati in the town for several hours had to suspend the meeting.
Videography was also done in handful of booths earlier.
In its complaint, the saffron party alleged that the remarks by the TMC leader were serious violations of provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Representation of People Act, 1951 and the model code of conduct.
The BJP has condemned Ghosh's remarks and the party general secretary Arun Singh has issued a show cause notice to him with a caution.
An apolitical rights’ body in the city has taken up the ‘trouble’ to ask the political parties to observe propriety while campaigning.
