The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday instructed the five poll-bound States to provide “adequate security cover” to star campaigners of political parties after Lok Sabha MP and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi was attacked on his way back to Delhi from campaigning in western Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries and Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) of all States and Union Territories, the EC said it had “been brought to the Commission’s notice that the star campaigners in the ongoing general elections to the legislative assemblies of the five States have faced security issues”.
