Don't use party flags during May day celebrations:EC

BANGALORE: The Election Commission today told political outfits in Karnataka, which goes to the polls next month, not to use party flags during May day celebrations tomorrow and also said that they cannot use the occasion as a "political platform".

State Election Commission Chief M N Vidyashankar said besides caps and T-shirts, distribution of shawls with party symbol and photo of candidates has been prohibited.

The last date for issue of electoral photo identity cards (EPIC) for the first phase of Assembly elections on May ten has been extended to May seven from the earlier announced May five.

Voters need to have EPIC or one of the seventeen documents, including passport and driving licence, as identity proof.If a member of a family has any one of these 18 documents, its members coming in a group would be allowed to vote, Vidyashankar said.