AAP seeks dismissal of Delhi election staff in ECI meeting

THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY, HOWEVER, QUESTIONED KEJRIWAL'S "SUDDEN JAT LOVE", ALLEGING IT WAS ONLY AN ELECTION GIMMICK

- Alok KN Mishra

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he asked officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to dismiss top election officials of New Delhi for "colluding" with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also bar BJP's Parvesh Verma from contesting elections for "organising job camps, distributing money, and handing out eyeglasses at health camps" in violation of the model code of conduct.

Verma and Kejriwal will face off from the New Delhi seat. ECI said the AAP delegation raised allegations of violation of MCC against Verma and allegations of additions and deletions in the electoral roll of New Delhi constituency.

The commission further wrote to the Delhi chief electoral officer (CEO), directing the official to "inquire into the complaint, ascertain actual facts and take immediate appropriate action in accordance with the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct, electoral laws and extant guidelines of the ECI".