Don’t spread misinformation, EC says, trashes Didi charges

Poll panel seeks claims, objections after Dec 9 when draft list is shared

- MUKESH RANJAN @ New Delhi

THE Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said that during the meeting with a 10-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation, the full panel gave point-wise rebuttal of all apprehensions and each "baseless allegation" made by the party delegation.

A senior EC official, while talking to this newspaper, said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with Commissioners SS Sandhu and Vivek Joshi also requested the TMC delegation "to give claims and objections after December 9, when the draft list is shared with them".

"Till then, they should not interfere with the independent functioning of booth-level officers (BLOs), electoral registration officers (EROs) and district election officers (DEOs), who are state government employees on deputation to election-related works," he said.