The Congress on Saturday alleged that the EC had delayed its scheduled press conference to announce poll dates for four states on account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at a public rally in Rajashthan.
The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce on Saturday afternoon the poll schedules for Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “The EC was supposed to hold a press conference at 12.30 pm to announce polls in four states. But it was postponed to 3 pm.”
The apparent reason could be to facilitate “Modi to deliver his speech at a rally at 1 pm in Rajasthan,” he said at the India Today East Conclave here.
Surjewala said the people were under attack by their own government and the economy was in the doldrums with the rupee sliding every day.
On who will be the prime minister after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said “the people will decide”.
“But it will be a people’s government and not be at war with the people,” the Congress leader said. PTI
