Take actions against AIADMK, BJP: PCC

The PPCC has requested the EC to take action against local units of AIADMK and BJP for allegedly violating the model code of conduct.

The Pondicherry Pradesh Congress Committee has requested the Election Commission to take action against the local units of the AIADMK and BJP for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by displaying banners and cutouts of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa during her visit here on April 7.

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Speaking to reporters here, PCC president V Narayanaswamy alleged that the AIADMK was ignoring the directives of the EC in this regard. The BJP was equally to blame since it had alinged with the AIADMK and its nominee, Lalitha Kumaramangalam was contesting the polls, he said.

The Congress party would, therefore, ask the EC to disqualify her, he said.

On the BJP's election manifesto, he said it contained 'mostly irrelevant' points. Though it spoke of a reservation quota for women in legislative bodies, the BJP had not done anything in this regard during its five year rule. It also spoke of the Ayodhya issue, for which a solution had not been found.

Describing the NDA alliance as 'opportunistic', he also criticised the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's remarks against the Pondicherry Congress.