The Election Commission is believed to have ordered further probe into allegations of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi entering the EVM area of polling booths in Amethi on May 7. On Thursday, it sought a report from the State Chief Electoral Officer on the issue.
The BJP had charged the poll panel with adopting “double standards” and demanded to know why no action was taken against Mr. Gandhi for entering EVM area of polling booths in Amethi when suo motu action of registering an FIR was taken against Narendra Modi for addressing the press near a booth last week.
BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday told journalists that the commission had not been acting in a “fair and neutral” manner. “There is an FIR against Modi, FIR against Chandrababu Naidu, but no FIR against the Congress leader... Because, the king can do no wrong,” he said.
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