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Congress leaders Salman Khurshid, Pawan Khera, and Gurdeep Sappal made five submissions before the Election Commission of India (ECI), party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and state elections..
Jairam Ramesh said the ECI ordered the immediate removal of all such posters and also requested the Congress party to notify the Commission of any remaining posters in the state..
Congress formally lodged a complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its alleged malicious attempts to link the party's campaign to George Soros, the controversial billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist..
The party lodged a complaint against the BJPs alleged use of cropped and distorted videos to malign the Congress, Ramesh said, adding that they urged the poll panel to take immediate action against the authors of this low level campaign..
Last week, the Congress alleged that the Election Commission has not taken action on most of its complaints and urged the poll panel to ensure a level playing field during the Lok Sabha elections..
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