Chandigarh Election Officer Issues Notice To Congress' Manish Tewari

The notice said complaints were made that important details of voters were being collected by inducing them to vote in favour of Congress in return for promised guarantees in guarantee cards.

The Chandigarh district election officer has issued notices to Congress party's Chandigarh candidate Manish Tewari and the party's state unit chief HS Lucky for the alleged violation of the Election Commission of India's instructions.

According to an official statement, the DEO-cum-returning officer issued the notice to Mr Tewari and the state president of the Congress based on multiple complaints that "the Congress workers were engaged in the making and distribution of Congress Guarantee Cards in different areas like Maloya, Daria, Kishangarh, Manimajra, Bapu Dham Colony, EWS Flats Dhanas, whereby important details of voters were being collected by inducing them to vote in favour of Congress in lieu of promised guarantees in guarantee cards".

Field reports which were obtained from flying squads in this regard by assistant returning officers reported that some of the residents had been made to fill such forms in which their details like name, address and phone number by the Congress party workers, it said.