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EC asks for detailed report on VHP yatra

Mounting the pressure on the Gujarat government in the run up to the assembly elections to be held on December 12, the Election Commission on Tuesday asked for a detailed report on the planned Vishwa Hindu Parishad yatra starting from Godhra on December 17.

The Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh, accompanied by his two commissioners, reviewed the poll preparedness and the law and order situation in Rajkot on the second day of their visit to Gujarat.

Talking to reporters, B B Tandon, one of the commissioners, said the Commission has already drawn the attention of the state government and asked for an immediate report on the yatra.

Any decision on the question of yatra will be taken after getting the report, he said.

The yatra is scheduled to begin at Godhra and end at Akshardham in Gandhinagar on December 6.

The Commission's direction for providing the report comes in the backdrop of concerns expressed by some political parties and non-governmental organisations on the possible threat from the yatra to the fragile communal peace in the state in the wake of fresh eruption of communal violence in some parts of the state.

Commission officials have also said that they have received complaints about replicas of burnt railway compartments being shown in public.

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