The election scene has caught up and seven registered un-recognized parties were allotted poll symbol for the upcoming State assembly elections. A meeting of the six national political parties in Chhattisgarh was also held at the state election commission wherein they were informed about instructions to be followed during the upcoming election, said Chief Election Officer Sunil Kujur on Monday.
According to official information Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch (CSM) was allotted ‘whistle’ as their poll symbol. Similarly Bhartiya Bahujan Party was given ‘sewing machine’ as poll symbol, Hindustan Swaraj Party as ‘diesel pump’, Bhartiya Picchda Dal as ‘glass tumbler’, Bhartiya Sadbhawna Samaj Party as ‘Slate’, Gondwana Gantantra party as ‘saw’ and Shaktisena (Bharatdesh) was allotted ‘candle’ as their election symbol. Over a quarry about the objection raised on the pictures of ministers and political leaders in government websites, the CEO informed that the pictures of political personalities have been removed from all Government websites. He further added that the commission has also received counter-objection over the removal citing reasons that the Government ministers are still working they why their pictures have been removed.