A Calcuttan has accused the Election Commission of having failed to act on 54 per cent of the complaints displayed on its website for at least a week over alleged violation of the model code of conduct. “Between February 11 and April 26, a total of 475 cases were registered that are visible on the National Grievance Services portal of the ECI (Election Commission of India),” Singh said. This means a staggering 54 per cent cases have not been resolved.”He added: “Of them (unresolved cases), about 80 cases, amounting to about 18 per cent (of 434), are languishing at the initial scrutiny level. Singh had lodged a complaint against Modi for invoking the military (the Balakot air strikes) in an election speech at Latur on April 9. EC dissentAny dissent by an election commissioner has to be recorded in the file and the complainant has a right to know whether the order passed by the Election Commission was unanimous, two former chief election commissioners said on Sunday.

Source: The Telegraph May 05, 2019 22:13 UTC