News Politics: In a letter to the Chief Election Officer of Gujarat on Friday, the EC said the 2011 election official used the social media platform Instagram to share his post as an observer. general and used his official position as a “publicity stunt”.

In a letter to the Chief Election Officer of Gujarat on Friday, the EC said the 2011 election official used the social media platform Instagram to share his post as an observer. general and used his official position as a “publicity stunt”.

An IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh has been removed by the election commission from the role of general observer to the Gujarat council polls for engaging in a ‘publicity stunt’ by posting photos of his duties. he’s on Instagram, sources said Friday.

The sources said the voting panel also shared photos posted by the official on the social media platform with the CEO.

They said another IAS officer was assigned an additional number of assembly seats that the other officer was handling.