Maharashtra EC faces flak for delay in poll date and code of conduct

The delay in the announcement of the poll dates and the consequent code of conduct for the upcoming Mumbai civic body polls has irked the opposition parties like Congress and NCP, which have alleged that code was being delayed to favour the ruling BJP.

 

Denying the claims by the opposition parties, Saharia said,”I am out on a tour and will take a decision after returning…The decision will be announced either in the coming week or next week. We are in the process of finalising the schedule,” he said.

 

Both the NCP and the Congress said the civic polls are being deliberately delayed to favour the ruling BJP which is set to announce sops. “Since the state government is busy clearing the pending projects and the Cabinet is set to announce sops, the poll dates seems to be put on hold to favour the BJP,” said Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan. The former chief minister said if the government announces the sops, they will move the court to get their cancellation. “Also if the 45 date poll code is cut short, we will protest,” he said.