The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Election Commission to decide on pending complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in connection with the alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) before it hears the matter again on May 6. AdvertisingThe EC told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it has already decided on two out of the 11 complaints which were filed by the Congress party against Modi and Shah. Earlier, the poll watchdog had cleared the Prime Minister’s April 1 speech at Wardha, Maharashtra under the MCC. “The remaining representations of the petitioners shall be decided by the Election Commission before we hear the matter again on Monday (May 6),” said the bench also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. The Congress had filed its first complaint against Modi and Shah on April 5.

Source: Indian Express May 02, 2019 09:46 UTC