Ahead of assembly elections in several states, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday again raked up its demand for removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, accusing him of favouring a particular party in his decisions.
A delegation led by party general secretary Arun Jaitely submitted a petition to Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami in support of its demand.
"We have submitted a petition to the CEC as per the directions of the Supreme Court seeking removal of Navin Chawla, as he has been favouring a particular party in his decisions," Jaitley said.
The petition bears signatures of 180 Members of Parliament in support of the demand.
In reply to his petition in the apex court seeking removal of Chawla, the Supreme Court had directed party leader Jaswant Singh to approach the CEC.
Party leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad, Anant Kumar, S S Ahluwalia and V K Malhotra were part of the delegation.
In reply to a query on the Uttar Pradesh police's chargesheet over a controversial CD that surfaced during assembly polls, Jaitley said the party would deal with the matter.
UP police have named party president Rajnath Singh and leader Lalji Tandon in the chargesheet, accusing them of inciting communal feelings by releasing the CD.
"The matter has been raked up for political gains and the police have been used in the state as a political tool," he said.
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