INDIA bloc to raise with ECI poll data, pleas against BJP

New Delhi: A delegation of INDIA bloc leaders is scheduled to meet the Election Commission of India brass here on Friday evening to register their opposition to the poll body's functioning, including its unusual delay in releasing the final voter turnout during the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha polls and to demand the release of the data promptly, as had been the case in the past, for the remaining phases of the election.

The delegation is also expected to register their concerns about the "non-availability" of the final lists of registered voters constituency-wise for the upcoming phases.

The leaders are also planning to take up with ECI the issue of their pending petitions before the poll body, alleging violation of campaign guidelines by BJP, including use of photos of religious symbols.


As a build-up to Friday's meeting, the AICC on Thursday pointed out that since April 13, the party has lodged 59 complaints with the ECI "against the BJP for serious violations of the Model Code of Conduct, Representation of People's Act, and various verdicts of the Supreme Court". The Opposition leaders' move to meet the ECI brass comes in the wake of the leadership of Congress, AITC and CPIM already writing to the Nirvachan Sadan, registering their issues with the data of voters' turnout.