Taking cognisance of the notice of election commission served to the Congress for distribution of unemployment allowance card, the party submitted its reply to EC on Sunday. On February 11, EC had served notice to the Congress party on distribution of the dole cards and asked why should all election campaign material not be seized with immediate effect.
The Pradesh Congress Committee chief spokesperson Mathura Dutt Joshi said that the party had submitted its reply to election commission late on Saturday evening but EC said that they received the reply at 10 am on Sunday. In the party’s reply, the PCC vice president Jot Singh Bisht said that party has not conducted any such activity i.e. registration of unemployment allowance card through social media. Such activity may have been done by some sympathiser or group. He aassured the EC that if any such practice has happened then the party would stop them from doing so.
Chief electoral officer Radha Raturi said that EC has already banned disbursement of unemployment allowance card and is also taking legal action against such activity. As far as the online registration for the card is concerned, the state’s director general of police has already taken action on it and stopped the website with immediate effect.
IG and state police nodal officer, election, Deepam Seth said that following on the direction of Dehradun district magistrate, the chief development officer of Dehradun has already registered a case under IT Act on February 11. The case investigation has been given to inspector Bharat Singh. Meanwhile the authorities have stopped registration for the card by writing a letter to the website company namelyGODADDY.COM.