RS poll ink row: Govt will not interfere, says Khattar

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said the state government would not interfere in the matter relating to recommendations made by the Election Commission regarding the elections to Rajya Sabha in Haryana as it held the EC in high esteem. Khattar stated this when mediaperosns asked him how the state government would react on the EC order to take disciplinary action against Haryana Vidhan Sabha secretary RK Nandal and registration of an FIR against those responsible for the ink controversy that led to rejection of votes of 12 Congress MLAs in the Rajya Sabha election three months ago. As a result, BJP-backed candidate Subhash Chandra, won and RK Anand, who had support of both the opposition parties – INLD and Congress lost.