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No. 61/UP-HP
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To,
Dated: 7th May,2014
Shri Arun Jaitley,
BJp Leader,
C1o National
Office of BJp,
11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi
sub: Generar Erection to Lok Sabha za].1.- compraint -
regarding.
Sir,
I am directed to state that the Commission is in receipt of your
letters dated 7th May
2014' The commission has been in the process
of asceftaining
full facts and was due to respond
to your
letters at the earliest possible.
This has been done even as the commission
was busy
transacting heavy work on poll
day today.
As you
may be aware, permissions
for two out of the three programmes:
,Ganga
poojan,
and 'Meeting
of eminent citizens' referred
to in your
letters have since been issued by the District
Magistrate'
As regards the third event i.e. the holding of a ral[y, the same was under discussion
because of security and related
concerns. You would
appreciate that matEer llke grant
of
permission
for rallies; meetings
etc. are deatt with at the level of District MagistratelReturning
officer and not directly
by the Election commission.
you
may atso be aware that local
representative
of your pafi,
Shri Vidyasagar Rai had already requested for an alternative site on
6th May 2014, which was given
on 7th May 2014 though you later requested the Returning
officer not to process
the permissions.
In this whole matter, the commission decided not to go
by the version conveyed by Dlstrict MagistratelRo
alone, but also consufted the state chief
Secretary and Director General of Police, who endorsed the security and suitability aspects
including
capacity of the ground,
raised by the District officials.
you
will appreciate that the
Commission
cannot overlook the security concerns expressed by competent authorities.
The commission
woutd
like to draw
your attention to the fact that any
past and current
grievances
presented by
your. parfi or any
potiticar
pafi in connection
with the ongoing
elections
have always
been
given prompt eonsideration'
Hence the cOmmission
is surprised
and
disappointed
that
your pafi has chosen to hord
protests over the aforesaid
matter, which
was
beingsoughttobereso[vedinaccordancewithlawandthegroundsituation.
TheCommissionwittliketoassureyouandallconcernedaboutitscommitmenttoho]d
free, fair and
peaceful
poll and requests
for
your continued
cooperation
in this endeavor'