PM Modi and rahul gandhi accused of violating the code of conduct…
The election commission has taken cognizance of alleged violations of the 'Model Code of Conduct' (MCC) by prime minister Narendra Modi and congress leader rahul Gandhi. Both bjp and congress parties had accused each other's leaders of spreading hatred and division on the basis of religion, caste, community and language. The election commission has issued a notice to BJP-Congress and sought their reply by 11 am on april 29.
The election commission invoked Section 77 of the Representation of the people Act and held party presidents responsible. Under this, as a first step, answers to the allegations of code of conduct violations against prime minister Modi and rahul gandhi have been sought from bjp President jp nadda and congress President mallikarjun Kharge respectively. In this, they have been asked to reply by april 29 and ask their star campaigners to follow the code of conduct.
Political parties should take responsibility for the conduct of star campaigners
The Commission has said that political parties have to take primary and increasing responsibility for the conduct of their candidates, especially star campaigners. The election commission says that campaign speeches of people holding high positions have more serious consequences. It has said that star campaigners themselves will have to be responsible for the speeches given by them. But in case of controversial speeches, the election commission will seek answers from the party heads on every issue.
Notice sent on PM's Banswara statement
Actually, the congress party had complained about the statement given by prime minister Narendra Modi in Banswara. While addressing the rally in Banswara, Rajasthan, PM Modi had said that congress is going to survey the property of the people and distribute it among the infiltrators. On the complaint of congress, the Central election commission sent a notice to bjp National President JP Nadda.
