EC gives clean chit to PM Modi on Latur speech
লাতুর ভাষণেও প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে ক্লিনচিট নির্বাচন কমিশনের

May 2: Giving a clean chit to Narendra Modi, the Election Commission on Thursday ruled that the Prime Minister didn’t violate the Model Code of Conduct in his speech at Latur in Maharashtra on April 9. While addressing an election rally at Latur in Maharashtra on 9 April, PM Modi exhorted first-time voters to dedicate their votes to CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama, or the IAF pilots who had conducted the air strikes on Balakot.

The EC held a meeting of all three election commissioners on Thursday and took this “considered view” keeping in mind the provisions of the code and the report submitted by Maharashtra’s Chief Electoral Officer, the commission stated. The Commission had earlier received multiple complaints seeking action against Mr. Modi for allegedly violating the Code and its advisory to the political parties, their candidates and cadres to desist from indulging in any propaganda involving activities of the Defence forces.

While examining the incident, the EC said, “The matter has been examined in detail in accordance with the extant advisories, provisions of the Model Code of Conduct…after examination of the complete transcript of speech of 11 pages, as per the certified copy sent by the Returning Officer, 40-Osmanabad parliamentary constituency, the Commission is of the considered view that in this matter no such violation of the extant advisories/provisions is attracted.”

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