- CEC V.S.Sampath allays political parties’ apprehensions about commission’s commitment to address their grievances, & will continue to do same in future
- On not allowing BJP pm candidate Narendra Modi’s rally in Varanasi EC says it has verified and examined parties’ complaint before acting
- EC claims it acted without fear or favour for the sake of ensuring strict adherence to model of code of conduct and poll related legislations
- BJP leader Arun Jaitley who earlier flayed EC welcomed Sampath’s stand on the whole issue, denied he attacked the Commission
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ec-conducting-elections-not-contesting-sampath/article5991307.ece
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