Topic: Model Code of Conduct

There are now far too many complaints, too many troubling incidents, from too many quarters for the Election Commission to keep up a sab-changa-si attitude. All is not well.

Faculty members wrote to DU V-C Yogesh Singh expressing concerns. The V-C himself presided over event, where he said 'Khan Market Gang' played role in spreading 'fake narratives'.

It is alleged in the complaint that the Delhi CM used govt vehicle for political purposes, however she has not been booked. The FIR mentions executive engineer Sanjay Kumar as accused. 

The Army was clearly unprepared for this extension, till recently events were continuing as though COAS was to retire as per schedule. He was even felicitated for nearing the milestone.

The poll body directed BJP and its star campaigners to “refrain from any campaigning” along religious or communal lines.

In West Bengal, I have never seen the Communists wear red to a polling station, nor TMC any green and perhaps only a rare BJP leader arriving in saffron. Such different scenes from Gujarat where Modi and Amit Shah went to cast their vote wearing saffron.

Congress accused PM of 'targeting religious minority', while BJP claimed the Wayanad MP 'tried to create a linguistic & cultural divide between Tamil-speaking people and others'.

On Monday, the Mahayuti cabinet passed 33 decisions while on Wednesday, 25 decisions were taken, according to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) press note.

In letter Monday, EC quoted Telangana Finance Minister Harish Rao's announcement of the time of disbursal under the scheme as violation of model code of conduct for this month's assembly polls.

Mid-poll campaigning is not new for BJP. But ongoing election season marks a departure from BJP poll playbook in that key announcements were made by Modi on ground zero.