BJP, Congress file complaints regarding poll code violation

Team Udayavani, Mar 29, 2018, 12:31 PM IST

Bengaluru: Complaints of violation of model code of conduct by political leaders and parties are being enlisted at the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO) after the election dates were declared. 

In a complaint, the BJP has restricted the removal of writings on the walls of the places of its workers without giving a chance to hear them, however earlier consent had been obtained. The complaint, marked by BJP state general secretary N Ravi Kumar, expressed that party workers willfully wrote on the walls of their homes, in the wake of getting consent from the local authorities. Indeed, even the Disfigurement Act says that subsequent to seeking permission from the experts concerned, commercials can be set up on the walls, the complaint states. 

Kumar has asked for the OCEO to coordinate with the authorities to not erase the writing on the walls.

In another dissension, the Congress has looked for criminal action to be started against BJP national president Amit Shah for his remark against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The complaint, marked by KPCC VP V R Sudarshan, states that Shah has disregarded the Representation of People’s Act by making the “not Ahinda but rather Ahindu (hostile to Hindu)” remark against Siddaramaiah at a press meet in Davangere. 

Sudarshan has looked for action against Shah all things considered comments not just added up to infringement of Representation of People’s Act (RPA) but also a criminal offense under Section 153 of the Indian Penal Code.