Lucknow : BJP on Sunday filed a petition before the Election Commission against the Samajwadi Party’s smartphone distribution scheme, saying it amounted to violation of the Model Code of Conduct in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. In a letter to the chief electoral officer here, senior BJP Vice President, J P S Rathore said SP was continuing with the registration of benefitiaries under its smartphone scheme which was against the model code. He demanded that the registration of beneficiaries for the scheme should be stopped forthwith.
BJP also objected to display of the photograph of Chief Minister Akhliesh Yadav on official website of the UP government which, he said, was the violation of model code. —PTI
