The Election Commission on Saturday said statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and elephants, BSP's poll symbol, installed at a number of places in Uttar Pradesh would be covered during the state assembly election.
"The Commission has decided that statues of the CM and elephants will be draped," Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Qureshi told reporters. This would be implemented at the earliest as the matter was related to the model code of conduct, he said.
"The idea is that no one should get political mileage. During elections even photos of leaders put up in offices are removed," the CEC said.
The issue was raised by various political parties at the meetings with a team of the EC during its two-day visit to the state.