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The Election Commission has constituted a committee of senior officers to investigate the matter related to tweet by BJP IT Cell Head, Amit Malviya regarding Karnataka assembly elections schedule.
Mr Malviya had tweeted about the poll date before the actual announcement by the Election Commission.
The committee will give its report within seven days and also suggest steps needed to prevent any such eventuality in future.
In a statement, the Commission said, as the matter came to fore, it has immediately directed a probe and effective action will be taken.
The committee has already sought information from the concerned media organizations and individuals over the issue.
Earlier, a BJP delegation led by party leader and Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi met the Commission in New Delhi.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Naqvi said the tweet had no intention to undermine the stature of the Election Commission and its impartiality and independence are equally important for BJP.
He said, a Karnataka Congress leader had also tweeted the same thing.
The Minister, however, said, he agrees that Mr. Malviya should not have tweeted.
Another party leader Bhupendra Yadav charged the Congress with unnecessarily making an issue out of it.
Amit Malviya has also written to the ECI, clarifying that his tweet was based on the news broadcast by an English news channel.
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