Agartala, Feb 16:The Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday issued notices to the Congress, BJP as well as BJP national general secretary Dilip Saikia for seeking votes on Twitter when polling was underway in the northeastern states.

The Election Commission stated that the tweets are violative of election law as they were made in the 48-hour “silence period” which began on Tuesday evening.

They have also been asked to explain their stands for the violation by 5 pm on Friday.

In its notice to Saikia, the Tripura CEO said, “… an appeal for vote in favour of BJP has been tweeted from your handle at 0950 hours on 16.02.2023. The tweet is in form of a photo containing the following message: Unnato Tripura Sreshtho Tripura Vote for BJP.”

The voting for Tripura assembly polls started at 7 am on Thursday. The people came in large numbers to vote for their preferred candidates.