EC biased towards ruling parties, says CPM

Coimbatore | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

Summary:

An RDO in Kanchipuram district, who is functioning as an election official, has close relatives in the ruling party. “The candidates had worn their party badges when they filed nominations. Won’t these people, who violated the norms before the election officials, do so elsewhere?”“Truckloads of people are brought to the meetings attended by the chief minister. Coimbatore: The election commission is biased towards BJP and AIADMK candidates, CPM state secretary K Balakrishnan said here on Tuesday.“While the candidates from the two parties violated the code of conduct when they filed nominations, EC did not take action and has not heeded to written complaints,” the Left leader told reporters. Police officers and government officials, who have been working for a long time in a constituency, should be transferred to check favouritism..