Party delegation that met you on Tuesday not authorised UP Cong chief to EC
Lucknow Dec 30 PTI Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has written to the Election Commission EC saying the party delegation that met officials of the poll panel on Tuesday was not authorised and seeking time for another meeting to put forth the partys views on holding free and fair pollsChief Election Commissioner CEC Sushil Chandra told reporters on Thursday that the leaders whose names were made available by the Congress in a letter had met the EC officialsOn Tuesday a three-member Congress delegation met the EC officials who are on a visit to Lucknow to take stock of the states preparedness for the upcoming Assembly pollsThe EC officials held a series of meetings with the representatives of various political parties who raised their poll-related demands and concernsLallu wrote a letter to the commission on Wednesday saying the three-member delegation that met officials of the poll panel was not authorised and seeking time for a meeting on ThursdayAsked about it the CEC said the leaders whose names were mentioned in a letter sent to the poll panel by the Congress had met the officialsIf reporters so wish the letter can be shared with them Chandra said replying to a query on the issueIn the letter addressed to the CEC Lallu said We want to bring to your knowledge that the delegation of the Indian National Congress that met you on Tuesday was not authorised On December 30 the authorised delegation comprising me Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra former MP Pramod Tiwari and Naseemudin Siddiqui following all Covid guidelines would like to give suggestions about the holding of free fair and timely elections Kindly give time to this delegation to meet you One of the three Congress leaders who met the EC officials said on the condition of anonymity that they were sent for the meeting by party general secretary organisation Dinesh SinghWe had gone after being instructed We do not know what transpired later he saidThe three Congress leaders who met the EC officials on Tuesday were Onkarnath Singh Virendra Madan and Mohammad Anas KhanThe Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are due early next year PTI SAB RC
Lucknow Dec 30 PTI Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has written to the Election Commission EC saying the party delegation that met officials of the poll panel on Tuesday was not authorised and seeking time for another meeting to put forth the partys views on holding free and fair pollsChief Election Commissioner CEC Sushil Chandra told reporters on Thursday that the leaders whose names were made available by the Congress in a letter had met the EC officialsOn Tuesday a three-member Congress delegation met the EC officials who are on a visit to Lucknow to take stock of the states preparedness for the upcoming Assembly pollsThe EC officials held a series of meetings with the representatives of various political parties who raised their poll-related demands and concernsLallu wrote a letter to the commission on Wednesday saying the three-member delegation that met officials of the poll panel was not authorised and seeking time for a meeting on ThursdayAsked about it the CEC said the leaders whose names were mentioned in a letter sent to the poll panel by the Congress had met the officialsIf reporters so wish the letter can be shared with them Chandra said replying to a query on the issueIn the letter addressed to the CEC Lallu said We want to bring to your knowledge that the delegation of the Indian National Congress that met you on Tuesday was not authorised On December 30 the authorised delegation comprising me Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra former MP Pramod Tiwari and Naseemudin Siddiqui following all Covid guidelines would like to give suggestions about the holding of free fair and timely elections Kindly give time to this delegation to meet you One of the three Congress leaders who met the EC officials said on the condition of anonymity that they were sent for the meeting by party general secretary organisation Dinesh SinghWe had gone after being instructed We do not know what transpired later he saidThe three Congress leaders who met the EC officials on Tuesday were Onkarnath Singh Virendra Madan and Mohammad Anas KhanThe Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are due early next year PTI SAB RC
