EC serves notice on AAP over 'distorted' picture of Vijender Gupta

Delhi State Election Commission on Tuesday asked AAP to file its reply within two days over a complaint of putting up a "distorted" picture of BJP leader Vijender Gupta on its election posters across the city.

In a written communication to AAP state convener Dilip Pandey, the commission said that if the party failed to file the reply, the complaint would be decided ex parte.

"I am directed to kindly advice you to take remedial action and give comments on this complaint (Gupta's), within 48 hours, to this Commission for its perusal, otherwise complaint will be decided ex parte," Commission's Deputy Secretary Girish Pandey said in a communication to AAP.

The SEC's move comes a day after Leader of Opposition Gupta had met State Election Commissioner S K Srivastava and lodged a complaint seeking action against the Aam Aadmi Party. The poster, seen in many parts of the city, carries photos of both Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Gupta and asks voters as to who they would prefer to hold the reins of the municipal corporations.