Coimbatore, Mar 26; PTI/GANASHAKTI: Tamil Nadu CPI-M secretary K Balakrishnan Tuesday accused the Election Commission of India of being a puppet in the hands of BJP.
Cases were booked against opposition parties for violating code of conduct even if a candidate garlanded a statue, Balakrishnan told reporters here.
The party would soon submit a memorandum to the chief electoral officer on the need to change the election officers working for long in the same post and appoint news ones for free and fair functioning, he said.
On allotment of symbols to parties, he said the Election Commission was following double standards, he said adding that this proved that it was functioning like a puppet in the hands of the ruling party at the Centre.
The Left leader hit out at BJP Tamil Nadu president Tamilisai Soundararajan contesting from Tuticorin for saying the police firing in the district over the Sterlite issue that left 13 dead was to save 1,000 people who had gathered there.
