Mumbai (Maharashtra), July 31 -- : The Election Commission of India on Thursday wrote to Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan clarifying that the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) did not choose the agency allegedly linked to BJP for providing requisite voter's awareness campaign.

Moreover, instant engagement of the agency by the office of CEO was solely for the purpose of voter's awareness campaign, ECI added.

Chavan in a letter to Chief Election Commissioner demanded thorough inquiry on the matter related to the hiring of Signpost an advertising and social media company by Maharashtra CEO Baldev Singh to issue the election-related online advertisements on 2019 Maharashtra state assembly election...