The Supreme Court is likely to peruse the Election Commission order clearing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches at its next hearing on Wednesday after the Congress accused the poll panel of bias. Singhvi also asked the bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi that there should be some kind of guidelines in place to guide the election commission when it examines complaints of model code of conduct violations. “It is always a detailed order,” the former poll panel chief said. In her petition before the top court, Dev accused Modi and Shah of hate speeches and using armed forces for “political propaganda”. Last week, the court gave the commission time till Sunday to clear the backlog of complaints against the top politicians.

Source: Hindustan Times May 06, 2019 06:08 UTC