Lucknow: Samajwadi Party urged the EC to stop the opinion polls in UP with immediate effect on telecasting in some news channels amidst the Assembly election process. SP in letter claimed that airing of the polls is a violation of the model code of conduct and they can misguide the voters and influence the election.

SP Chief Spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary in a letter on Sunday said that SP’s UP unit Chief Naresh Uttam Patel has written a letter to the CEC stating that the voting for the final phase of the seven phases UP election will be held on March 7^th, while counting of votes will be held on March 10^th. Some news channels are showing opinion polls, which violates the model code of poll conduct, misguides the voters and also influences the poll, he said.