With his 48-hour meditation journey in Kanyakumari beginning on May 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, based on the Congress, is trying to “circumvent” the silence interval restrictions. The Congress urged the Election Commission to verify the media doesn’t air this journey as a result of it violates the mannequin code of conduct. The ECI acquired a memorandum from a delegation of Congress leaders, together with Syed Naseer Hussain, Abhishek Singhvi, and Randeep Surjewala.
The memorandum included 27 further complaints about alleged mannequin code violations made by the BJP previously few days. The prime minister’s meditation programme in Kanyakumari’s “Dhyan Mandapam,” based on the Congress, was a “clear violation” of the silence interval previous to the June 1 voting in Modi’s different seats, together with Varanasi.
The opposition social gathering additionally claimed that it violated the Model Code of Conduct and the provisions of the 1951 Representation of the People Act.
It acknowledged that on May 28, a number of information companies reported on Narendra Modi’s journey to Kanyakumari, the place he deliberate to meditate for 48 hours starting May 30. “The said trip would be widely televised and would therefore be shown during the 48-hour silence period in Varanasi, the constituency from which Shri Narendra Modi is contesting,” the Congress memo to the EC stated.
The opposition social gathering additionally claimed that it violated the Model Code of Conduct and the provisions of the 1951 Representation of the People Act. It acknowledged that on May 28, a number of information companies reported on Narendra Modi’s journey to Kanyakumari, the place he deliberate to meditate for 48 hours starting May 30.
“The said trip would be widely televised and would therefore be shown during the 48-hour silence period in Varanasi, the constituency from which Shri Narendra Modi is contesting,” the Congress memo to the Election Commission acknowledged. It additionally violated the Dos and Don’ts orders that political events and their candidates should observe through the election interval, based on the memorandum.
“The PM will begin his meditation on the evening of May 30, which we have complained about. We all know that the silence period will begin on May 30, so his declaration is a violation of the MCC.
“The PM can start his meditation after 24-48 hours, which is on the night of June 1.” Otherwise, if he wishes to meditate beginning May 30, the ECI should ensure that this is not broadcast on television or in print,” Singhvi advised reporters after the delegation met with CEC Rajiv Kumar and different ECs.
“We hope that the ECI will take immediate steps to ensure that the live telecast of the meditation of the ‘sarva-ghoshit Bhagwan’ (self-styled god) at the Vivekananda Memorial does not take place since this is a brazen and clear violation of the Model Code of Conduct,” Jairam Ramesh, the Congress common secretary, wrote on Facebook.
Modi will meditate on the Rock Memorial, a monument devoted to Swami Vivekananda, after the Lok Sabha election marketing campaign concludes on May 30, based on BJP leaders. According to BJP leaders, he’ll meditate at Dhyan Mandapam, the place Vivekananda is alleged to have had a divine imaginative and prescient about ‘Bharat Mata’, from the night of May 30 to the night of June 1.
The Congress additionally alleged mannequin code violations by the prime minister and different BJP leaders, reminiscent of Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The opposition social gathering claimed that the Prime Minister’s statements at a ballot rally in Patiala, Punjab, violated the MCC by making a number of allegations in regards to the Congress to be able to hurt the opposition social gathering’s picture. The Congress additionally charged Himanta Biswa Sarma with making “explicit appeals to vote on the basis of religion, while falsely portraying the INC as communal, biassed, and as a political party that does not adhere to the Constitution in letter or spirit.”
