Bihar panel not dissolved: Samata

The long-awaited reply from the Samata Party to the Election Commission on the dissolution of its Bihar executive has finally arrived at the EC8217;s office.

8216;8216;The Bihar state executive committee of the Samata Party has not been dissolved,8217;8217; said party general secretary and national spokesman Shambhu Srivastava, in response to the EC8217;s letter of February 25. 8216;8216;No notification in this regard has been issued by either the president or the general secretary of the party. The committee elected at the time of the last party elections continues to be in existence.8217;8217;

Samata Party has refuted the contention of its Bihar legislator P.K. Sinha before the EC that the state executive committee of the party had been dissolved and said his petition was 8216;8216;infructuous8217;8217;.