Let EC consult parties and take a call on polls: Cong.
The Hindu
Samajwadi Party is however unhappy with HC suggestion
Reactions from political parties to the — to the Central government and the to put a halt to poll rallies and consider postponing Assembly elections to five States — ranged from agreeing that the EC should weigh in on the matter to demanding action against the judge who made the remarks.
Speaking to news wire ANI, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said: “It is unfortunate that people sitting in important Constitutional positions are now giving such decisions. No one had demanded it and my demand is that the Supreme Court take suo motu notice and take proper action against the person giving such directions.”
He apprehended that the Union government led by the BJP may take the judge’s remarks as a cue to postpone polls, stating that “in Uttar Pradesh, the public is against the BJP. The BJP is going to lose the elections.”













