BSP seeks ban on opinion polls for six months till UP elections

BSP chief Mayawati had said at a rally in Lucknow on October 9 that pre-poll surveys are biased and her party would approach the Election Commission against it.

BSP's Satish Mishra has written to the Election Commission demanding a ban on opinion polls, results of which are shown in the media six months before the Assembly elections.

The BSP sought a ban on the pre-poll surveys for six months before the Uttar Pradesh elections “to enable voters to vote freely, fairly and uninfluenced by the sponsored misleading projections shown by the media”.