The opposition Congress also requested the EC that elections should not be held under in-charge DGP and that a full time DGP should be appointed. Chitranjan Singh is currently the in-charge DGP of the state.
The representations were made to the visiting Election Commission (EC) team headed by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath. Election Commissioner H S Brahma and deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi were also in the team.
The term of Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government ends in December and he will be seeking fourth term, while the opposition Congress and anti-Modi group of BJP, led by Keshubhai Patel, have also started preparations for polls.
In a representation to the EC, a four-member team of Congress led by state vice-president Balubhai Patel demanded that looking at the situation in the state the elections should be held in one phase.
The Congress also raised doubts over functioning of EVMs and said technicians operating EVMs should directly be under the EC, instead of the state government.
The party represented that the officials who are perceived to be too near the Modi government should not be involved in election related activities. However, they did not specify if they have given a list of the officials or not.
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The Congress said over three lakh state government employees are involved in election-related duties and do not get a chance to vote. The EC should make arrangements so that they can vote.
The BJP in its representation said the commission should keep in mind the festival season of Navratri and Diwali before deciding the final date of elections because if polls are held during festival season it might affect voter turnout.
The BJP delegation included party general secretary Shankar Chawdhary.
The BJP said in Gujarat traders and businessmen operate with large amount of cash for their day-to-day activities. The EC officials should understand this and not harass common man of the state in the name of misuse of funds by political parties it said. The NCP and Left parties also expressed their views.