What is this Model Code of Conduct and what happens if a party, candidate or any individual is found guilty of its violation? Here is all you need to know:
In the letter, the party's politburo member Nilotpal Basu urged the poll panel to "strongly initiate" appropriate action to stop the pre-election atmosphere from being vitiated, which is fast degenerating towards polarisation.
EC sends notice to BJP leader Sakshi Maharaj for violating Model Code of Conduct
Kumar had slammed the Congress' anti-poverty scheme Nyay, saying that its cost at 2 per cent of the GDP and 13 per cent of the Budget will ensure that the real needs of the people remained unsatisfied.
Even before voting has taken place for the first phase in the seven-phase general elections, the Election Commission (EC) is struggling with a series of poll-code violations, with more piling up every day.
The Election Commission has found Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh's statement as violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) where he appealed voters to re-elect Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.
CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury had approached the EC alleging that the PM's address violated the model code.
"We represented to the EC that there is a film being made on Narendra Modi, to be launched just a few days before election, it's purpose is political," Sibal told media after meeting the EC panel.
The commission asked social media organisations, like Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Google, to consider some punitive action against users misusing the platform.
Airport sources said the defence minister had also told officials not to come to the terminal to see her off.
Lok Sabha Election 2019 will be held in 7 phases, the Election Commission of India has announced. With this the Model Code of Conduct, a set of guidelines laid down by the Election Commission of India for conduct of political parties and candidates during elections, comes into effect from today. Here's what the model code of conduct says:
If we see the trends in last three Lok Sabha election (2004, 2009, 2014), the Election Commission (EC) generally announces the election dates by the end of first week of March.
According to the chief electoral officer, 579 candidates have withdrawn their nominations and the figure is likely to be updated further.
The action was taken after a video purportedly showing Ahuja distributing money went viral.
Addressing a meeting during the state-level cVIGIL app training exercise for election officers, Kumar said citizens with the application can click a picture or record a video of upto two minutes' of the scene of MCC violations.
The EC order will have an impact in Telangana where the K. Chandrashekar Rao government is continuing as a caretaker government after it dissolved the state assembly around nine months in advance.
It also requested the poll body to immediately withdraw its order directing registration of an FIR against news channels for telecasting the interview of Rahul Gandhi.
A BJP candidate for the Uttar Pradesh civic body polls was booked by the police for violating the model code of conduct in Muzaffarnagar district.
Roorkee: Uttarakhand Congress chief Kishore Upadhyay and Cabinet Minister Yashpal Arya have been issued notices by Election Commission for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct which is in force in Haridwar district in
New Delhi: In the run up to the assembly polls, a maximum of 58 FIRs have been registered against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) out of the total 132 filed against different political parties for violation
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