ECI takes note of alleged MCC violations by Modi, Rahul Gandhi
The poll panel forwarded the complaints to BJP President JP Nadda and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge seeking their response by 11 am on April 29.
The poll panel forwarded the complaints to BJP President JP Nadda and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge seeking their response by 11 am on April 29.
“We have asked the Election Commission to state that this is the position in law, we will do in his respect, whatever we do with others,’’ he said.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) defended the integrity of the electronic voting system, asserting that it was not prone to any external interference or manipulations.
Sources in the know at Raj Bhavan claimed that the poll panel through a mail today advised against the Governor’s plan tomorrow, 48 hours before the polls on Friday.
The Election Commission (EC) has declared 2,498 booths, under Asansol Lok Sabha seat as super sensitive.
The Election Commission has already communicated to the political parties that stringent action would be taken if they are using the method of buying votes and subverting the process of democracy.
Over 2.29 lakh voters will exercise their franchise at 348 booths in the constituency between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines.
The BJP demanded deployment of micro-observers to ensure that every single booth is supervised by officials from organizations other than those of state government and deployment of at least 40 CAPF companies or more in the Bhabanipur assembly constituency to ensure that every booth is covered by central forces.
The bypoll for Mandi was necessitated after the death of BJP MP Ramswaroop Sharma.
"They (Trinamool) are saying that there is no Corona in the state. If that is so, why are they not allowing local trains to operate? Why are they not allowing schools to open? For the last one year, they have not conducted civic polls because of the pandemic. Just because of Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool is now putting pressure on the ECI for conducting the bypolls..."
