Ignore bogus complaints: Mulayam to EC

Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami today went on a tour of Lucknow to review preparations in the wake of countermanding of polls in Akbarpur.

‘‘We told the Election Commission not to look into false complaints and baseless allegations of such parties that have no mass base and whose deposits are usually forfeited,’’ Mulayam told reporters here.

‘‘These parties,’’ he said, ‘‘have not opened election cells but complaint cells.’’ The CEC has assured him of a free and fair poll, he said.