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Taking serious note of the "plummeting level of campaign discourse", the Election Commission has advised the political parties and their star campaigners to exercise caution and restrain themselves from saying anything that could vitiate the elections atmosphere...
In its advisory, the poll panel referred to the instances of "inappropriate vocabulary and language" used during the ongoing campaign by persons, "in particular, by those invested with the statutory status of star campaigner"...
"Such instances have occasioned various complaints, cross complaints and have also attracted negative media attention," the EC said in a statement...
