The model code has never been invoked against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The content of speeches of Mr. Modi breached the poll code. Seshan the 10th CEC, who worked from 1990 to 1996, that the model code began to be strictly applied to all political parties and politicians without fear or favour. Lyngdoh, then Chief Election Commissioner, refused to conduct elections by October 2002 as demanded by Mr. Modi, who was Chief Minister of Gujarat then. Mr. Lyngdoh objectively assessed the ground situation after he went to Gujarat with full Election Commission team and expressed dissatisfaction with the Gujarat government’s handling of the communal crisis , Mr. Naidu recalled.

Source: The Hindu May 10, 2019 18:33 UTC