India, Oct. 6 -- The Election Commission of India on Tuesday rejected a meeting proposal with Opposition MPs, citing their demands as "unusual and unacceptable". The poll body also clarified that it had received no request from any political party for a meeting beforehand, and had intimated about it by the Delhi Police at around 4 pm.

The poll body's statement comes after over 300 Opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc began a march from Parliament Complex to the Election Commission office, in a bid to meet with the Election Commissioners and hand over a formal memorandum to them.

Rejecting the Opposition's request on grounds of "protocol", the Election Commission said any political party can request a meeting with the poll body at any time t...