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Rajya Sabha polls: Gujarat Chief Secy submits report to EC

Gujarat Chief Secretary J N Singh has submitted a report on Rajya Sabha polls in the state to the Election Commission yesterday. He said as per the instructions of the EC, security has been provided to all Congress MLAs. <br/> <br/>Earlier a delegation of top Congress leaders met Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti in Delhi on July 29 following the resignations of six MLAs of the party in Gujarat. <br/><br/>The Congress leaders had demanded setting up of a high-powered committee to enquire into the allegations of use of money and muscle power and blatant abuse of government machinery to engineer defections and give a time-bound report.<br/><br/>The EC then asked the Gujarat government to submit a report.The BJP has fielded party president Amit Shah, Union minister Smriti Irani and former Congress MLA Balwantsinh<br/>Rajput in the Rajya Sabha elections. <br/><br/>Congress Ahmed Patel, the high-profile political secretary to party president Sonia Gandhi, is seeking another Rajya Sabha term from Gujarat.

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