Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo on Saturday held a meeting with the representatives of recognised national and State political parties to discuss various aspects of the Lok Sabha poll.
After attending the meeting at the Secretariat, DMK organisation secretary R.S. Bharathi told reporters that the discussion was about the model code of conduct and the issues surrounding it. DMK raised issues regarding advertisements in metro trains and Vande Bharat trains and sought their removal, he said. Mr. Bharathi said the party also sought clarification about the restriction of 5 vehicles for star campaigners and whether it applied for all the 40 campaigners.
AIADMK’s former Minister D. Jayakumar said his party emphasised that the election officials should function in an unbiased and independent manner. “We also have urged close monitoring of money transactions both in the physical and electronic form. Only private vehicles are checked. We have stressed that the government vehicles also need to be checked,” he said.
