Election Commission sends notices to PM Modi, Rahul, Kharge over violation of Model Code of Conduct
Election Commission sends notices to PM Modi, Rahul, Kharge over violation of Model Code of Conduct
New Delhi: Days after the opposition Congress had complained against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over his incendiary speech in a rally at Banswara earlier this week, over alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct, the poll body on Thursday sent a notice to BJP president JP Nadda, seeking the party’s response on the matter by April 29.
A similar notice was issued to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over complaints made against Rahul Gandhi by the BJP. The letters from the ECI to the two party presidents did not directly name either Modi, Gandhi or Kharge, but the representations received by it were attached to the respective letters and they contained details of allegations against the three leaders.
The ECI has invoked Section 77 of the Representation of the People Act and held the party presidents responsible, as a first step, to reign in star campaigners.
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