EC has started working for BJP: Congress criticises Election Commission for postponement of Haryana Assembly polls
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday slammed the Election Commission for postponing the Haryana Assembly polls and accused the poll body of working for the BJP.
«Not only ED and CBI but now Election Commission has also started to work for the BJP. It's very unfortunate that the Election Commission, for a political party's demand, has pushed the date back and it shows that the BJP is afraid of the defeat in Haryana,» Tagore told ANI.
«The unpopular government in Haryana which is led by BJP will be defeated with a huge margin in each constituency and the Congress Government will be formed in Haryana with a clear verdict from the people,» he added.
AICC in-charge of Haryana, Deepak Babaria said this delay will not affect the Congress' preparations for the polls.
"...BJP had issues. They were running the government for 10 years through adhocism, they set the dates through the same adhocism...later the dates were changed. But in this process, the affected the entire administration, voters and timetable...This won't affect us at all. We see this as nothing else but their failure," Babaria said.
Congress leader Ajay Maken said the BJP was looking to delay to polls to battle anti-incumbency it faces in the state.
«We are ready. We were ready to earlier too. We are prepared even if the elections take place tomorrow. BJP wants to postpone the elections in some or the other way due to anti-incumbency. We are ready. We will win comfortably,» Ajay Maken said.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday revised the
