Onkar Singh / NEW DELHI
A delegation of five political parties, including Congress, TMC and NCP Saturday met the Election Commission and lodged complain against alleged mentioning of the name of BJP below its Lotus symbol on Electronic Voting Machines.
Talking to mediapersons after meeting the Commission, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, mentioning of names of any party on EVMs is a violation of poll norms.
He said, the delegation demanded the Commission either replace all such machines before the next phase of polling or mention names of all parties on the EVMs.
Mr Singhvi said they also demanded a probe into the matter.
TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi said, when the commissioning of EVMs was being carried out for elections in his Barrackpore Parliamentary constituency in West Bengal, the name of BJP was allegedly mentioned on EVMs.
D P Tripathi from the Nationalist Congress Party was the part of the delegation.
BJP also approached the Election Commission over alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct by Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
In a memorandum submitted to Chief Election commissioner Sunil Arora, BJP urged the poll body to censure Kejriwal and bar him from campaigning and media interactions during the Lok Sabha polls.
The party said Mr Kejriwal, during a press conference, had made communal remarks which is a violation of poll norms.