The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has submitted a complaint to the Returning Officer of Coimbatore constituency alleging election code violation by BJP candidate K. Annamalai.
The DMK said in the complaint that Mr. Annamalai issued online boothslips to voters with the party symbol and pictures of BJP leaders.
According to the Representation of the People Act 1951, the boothslips should be in a white paper and should not contain slogans or any exhortation to vote for a party or a candidate. Political parties or candidates are not permitted to issue unofficial identity slips with the name of the voter, his serial number in the electoral roll and name of the polling station. Hence the Returning Officer should issue directions to the BJP candidate to desist him issuing such unofficial boothslips, the complaint said.
