The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission to decide before Sunday on the complaints of poll code violations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The top court had issued notice to the Election Commission on Tuesday after the panel informed SC that it was taking up the matter. Sushmita Dev, who is a Parliament member from Assam’s Silchar, had accused Election Commission of sitting on complaints related to poll code violations related to Shah and Modi. They also talked about the operations by the armed forces in public meeting despite the poll body’s ban, she said. After phase three of Lok Sabha polls, Congress had gone to the poll panel alleging that PM Modi violated the poll code by making a political speech outside a booth in Ahmedabad where he cast his vote.

Source: Hindustan Times May 02, 2019 09:57 UTC