Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with BJP vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Wednesday met the Election Commission (EC) here and urged it to display the polling percentage at all booths every two hour on the day of election in the State so that political parties can mobilise voters to boost the voting percentage if it is low.
The BJP leader also made a slew of suggestions to the poll watchdog, including treating news reports based on false charges against his Government as "paid news". He demanded that action should be taken against the complainant where charges are found baseless. The Chief Minister alleged that Opposition is knocking the door of the EC and Courts to create a bad perception against the State Government.
Chouhan also complained that the Congress was making false charges against the Madhya Pradesh Government to malign the image of the poll-bound State.
Talking to the reporters after the meeting, Chouhan referred to Congress's recent allegation of fake voters in electoral rolls and said that such an allegation has been found untrue. He said, such kind of charges malign the image of the poll body as well as the ruling party. He demanded that action should be taken against the complainant where charges are found baseless.
His suggestion for regular display of polling percentage- of both men and women voters is apparently aimed at using the organisational machinery in the State to mobilise its voters. With the Congress, spearheaded by Kamal Nath in the state, attacking his Government over a host of issues, Chouhan is seeking to turn the tables on the Opposition party as the latter has often accused BJP leaders of using money to plant propaganda items as news in the media, calling it a case of paid news.