Key Points
On 4 November, addressing an election rally in Chhattisgarhs Durg two days before the first phase of polling in the state, PM Modi announced the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Scheme the foodgrain assistance scheme introduced in 2020 when Covid struck for five more years...
These include a bar on holding public meetings during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for the close of the poll, and ministers combining their official visit with electioneering work or making any promise of construction of roads, provision of drinking water facilities etc.. Election experts say the policy announcements constitute a clear-cut violation of poll rules, but the EC appears helpless to stop them...
While the Garib Kalyan Yojana has been extended before, the timing this time was criticised by the Opposition as a violation of the poll code, with the Congress and the Trinamool Congress also complaining about it to the Election Commission...
During the 2o22 Gujrat assembly election, Modi was accused of poll code violation for wearing a saffron cap and carrying a BJP flag and conducting a road show while going to cast his vote...
The PM announcing policy decisions in poll-bound states is a clear-cut violation of the poll code, he said.. Lawyer and policy expert Apar Gupta said the Election Commission had become redundant for many reasons...
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