The entire Delhi Cabinet led by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit along with State Congress chief J P Agarwal today met Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath and two Election Commissioners H S Brahma and Nasim Zaidi and demanded clarity and uniformity in instructions on the Model Code in Delhi.
The Commission has decided that Deputy Election Commissioner and incharge of Delhi polls Vinod Zutshi will hold a meeting of all political parties in Delhi on October 18 and bring about a single window system on EC instructions.
The Chief Minister along with all her six ministers held an over 90-minute meeting with top poll officials and explained to them about the duplicity of instructions on enforcement of Model Code and called for the need for uniformity in EC directions.
The BJP and Aam Aadmi Party have also called for uniformity in EC instructions alleging that their workers were being harassed in the name of implementing the model code. Delhi goes to polls on December 4 to elect its 70-member state assembly and the poll process in the state would kickstart on November 9 with the issue of the gazette notification and start of nominations. Counting will take place on December 8.
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