BJP advertises on trains, buses; Cong complains

Rajasthan Cong complained to EC that BJP had painted poll ads on passenger trains and buses.

Rajasthan Congress on Monday complained to the Election Commission that the BJP was violating the model code of conduct by painting poll advertisements on coaches of a passenger train and canvassing in state roadways buses.

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The party claimed that coaches of Bhiwani-Hissar-Mathura-Jaipur train was painted in saffron with slogans seeking votes, in violation of the model code, a congress spokesman said in a statement in Jaipur.

"Earlier, the BJP used the state roadways buses for canvassing and now a train which is against the poll norms... The EC should intervene and put an immediate end to it," he said.

A national property like railways should not be used by any party for poll propaganda, he added.