Raipur, Nov 04: Opposition parties in Chhattisgarh today appeared before the election commission and charged the Ajit Jogi government with gross violation of model code of conduct alleging that the collectors and SPs were working like `agents' of the ruling party even as the Congress termed all allegations as baseless. The delegations of ruling congress and the opposition parties like BJP, NCP, CPI and CPM met Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh and Election Commissioners T S Krishnamurthy and B B Tondon and handed over memorandum demanding action against each other. After meeting the commission, BJP leaders Brij Mohan Agrawal and Ajay Chandrakar told reporters that they asked the commission to remove both the Bastar and Jashpur District Collectors L N Suryavanshi and B S Anant respectively from their responsibilities during the December one assembly polls. Handing over a 28-point nine-page memorandum, BJP also alleged that the SPs and collectors are working like `polling agents' of the Congress and are trying to corrupt the election process besides attempting to influence the voters. Almost all the political parties raised the controversial school bag issue and demanded action against the guilty.

Bureau Report