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Appealing to the canvass officials to strictly adhere to the guidelines laid retired by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the advocates helping of the AIADMK charged that successful conscionable astir a fewer days since the exemplary codification of behaviour came into force, the officials had checked the bureau of their MLA R.B. Udayakumar successful his constituency.
Speaking to media persons, the advocates, including Tamilselvan and others, said connected Sunday that the police, accompanied by the flying squad squad comprising gross section and videographers came to the ‘Amma Kovil’ (where Mr. Udayakumar’s bureau functioned) and checked astatine random.
The AIADMK members said that they did not entity to the cheque and maintained that they welcomed and cooperated with the officials, but raised eyebrows lone implicit the mode successful which the canvass officials surfaced into their premises alone.
“We person a beardown suspicion that immoderate of the elder IAS and IPS officers and others successful Madurai territory were partial with the DMK functionaries...” they said.
The mode successful which the constabulary came astir thrice successful the past 5 days gave an content that they ‘targeted’ the opponents. The fearfulness among the DMK and their allies intelligibly showed that they were disturbed and these were aboriginal signs of losing the election, they said.
The AIADMK would taxable a elaborate memorandum to the ECI connected Monday successful this respect and urged the officials successful Madurai territory to beryllium impartial.
The officials came connected Sunday and the constabulary checked the rooms astatine the ‘Amma Kovil’ and besides inquired astir the enactment functionaries.
After astir 45 minutes of the inquiry, they near the premises, the advocates said.
For a abbreviated play determination was immoderate uneasy moments arsenic the constabulary officials objected to the videographing and said that they were discharging their duties arsenic per the ECI guidelines. After elder leaders, including Mr. Udayakumar arrived, the officials conducted the cheque and near the premises, they added.
