AICC Secretary and head of Legal and Human Rights department, K C Mittal, raised strong objection to presence of Modi's photograph in posters of oil companies put up to popularise cooking gas distribution initiative.
He said the EC should order removal of such posters as they are not permissible during the operation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in wake of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur.
"It is requested that the Commission may please order removal of all such hoardings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the petrol pumps and any other place in these states along with other posters, banners of the central government or central bodies in the form of any advertisement by them," the Congress complaint to EC said.
In his complaint to Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi and other ECs, Mittal said the Commission has got removed such posters carrying the photograph of Chief Ministers of the states going to polls. The same should be done in the case of Prime Minister's photo, he said.
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