Chennai: The AIADMK has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against DMK alleging that the Opposition party is planning to stop counting in Katpadi constituency.
RM Babumurugavel, AIADMK spokesperson, in the complaint letter submitted to the EC, said, ‘Based on reliable information from Katpadi constituency, Vellore MP and son of Katpadi DMK candidate Duraimurugan, Kathir Anand has instructed his supporters either to stop counting of votes by creating law and order issues or to damage EVMs to stop counting of votes. Therefore, the EC should tighten the security at the counting centres.’
Meanwhile, the DMK on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India to give a clear direction to all returning officers (ROs) to follow a uniform procedure throughout the State in counting postal ballots.
In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer, DMK organisation secretary R S Bharathi also requested a direction to all ROs to provide one counting table for every 500 postal ballots and to declare the results of postal ballots as soon as their counting is over and entered in form 20, without any delay, and without waiting for the completion of the counting of EVMs.