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BJP asks EC to take cognisance of Bharadwaj's statement
New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNI) The BJP today asked the Election Commission to take cognisance of the statement of Union Law Minister H R Bhardwaj promising the setting up of a High Court in Shillong for North East, at a time when three states were going to the polls.
BJP
spokesman
Rajiv
Pratap
Rudy
said
that
the
EC
should
take
note
of
the
statement
at
a
time
when
Meghalaya,
Nagaland
and
Tripura
were
facing
election
and
''the
North-Eastern
states
cannot
be
allowed
to
be
treated
shabbily.'' The
Election
Commission
should
say
how
''far
the
promise
is
fair
when
three
of
the
states
in
the
North-East
were
facing
elections.''
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Story first published: Monday, February 18, 2008, 18:06 [IST]