Chennai:
Madras High Court has reserved it order on AIADMK
petition challenging the Election Commission order on painting of leaves on
buses to March 25.
Chief Electoral Officer Praveen
Kumar on Friday defended Election Commission’s decision to conceal painting of
leaves on government buses stating that AIADMK’s “two leaves” symbol and
painting of leaves on government buses is likely to be confused with the symbol
of the ruling party.
In affidavit filed on behalf of The
Chief Election Commissioner on Friday, Kumar submitted before the first bench
comprising acting chief justice Satish K Agnihotri and Justice M M Sundaresh
that the decision to conceal the painting of leaves in the government buses
which was done at government coast was taken in order to ensure equal level
playing field among all political parties and in interest of free and fair
elections.
The Election Commission passed the
order to conceal the painting of leaves appearing on mini-buses in Chennai so
that it does not become mobile advertisements for the party, Kumar submitted.
The affidavit was filed after Madras
High Court has directed the election commission to submit details on the basis
of which it had decided to conceal the painting on small buses.
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