Chennai: DMK on Sunday jumped onto the bandwagon of those criticising the Election Commission for delaying the schedule of Gujarat Assembly elections as he said that the poll body should work with the principle “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion”.
“Many political leaders have pointed out that the EC has now presented an opportunity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend various events in Gujarat and announce new schemes by delaying the announcement of the poll dates as there would be no model code of conduct”, DMK Working President MK Stalin said.
“We are duty bound to point out that such allegations against the EC, which has to work on the principle that Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion, will malign its autonomous functioning”, Stalin said.
Congress and other opposition parties have criticised the EC for delaying the announcement of the Gujarat elections, but making public the schedule for Himachal Pradesh. Congress leader P. Chidambaram had accused the EC of “going on leave” and waiting for PM Narendra Modi’s instructions.
