May 2019

10 May 2019
ASIA
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More code complaints against Modi
than any other PM: Congress
New Delhi : Congress has
filed 10 complaints against
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
with the Election Commission
for alleged violation of Model
Code of Conduct (MCC) and the
party says it is the highest number
of complaints faced by any
Prime Minister in a Lok Sabha
election. The Election
Commission has given a decision
on six of these complaints
so far, giving a clean chit to the
Prime Minister in all the cases.
Sources said in two of these
cases the decision was not unanimous
with one of the two election
commissioners registering
his verbal dissent with the matter
having been decided according
to the opinion of the majority.
The complaints, which cover
a period from March 20 to April
30, relate to several speeches of
Amaravati : Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on
Monday demanded that the Election
Commission take action against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for his claim that
40 lawmakers of West Bengal's ruling
Trinamool Congress were in touch with
him. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
chief alleged that Modi's remarks made
during campaigning in West Bengal
SIDHU criticises
MODI for running
away from promises
Narsinghpur (MP) : Punjab
minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on
Monday launched into a tirade
against Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi saying if he
became the Prime
Minister again then
India would be
destroyed.
"There is no
employment, youth
and farmers have
lost the ground and
if Modi becomes the Prime
Minister again then 'Hindustan'
will be destroyed," said the
cricketer-turned-politician while
addressing a poll gathering in the
Hoshangabad parliamentary
amount to horse-trading and demanded
the poll body to take action against him.
"Betraying the spirit of democracy,
belittling the office of a Prime Minister,
and touching the height of absurdity, the
PM of India stooped so low and claimed
that 40 Trinamul Congress MLAs are in
touch with him," Naidu said in a series of
tweets. "This is nothing but horse trading,
that too, when the election process is on
constituency.
"There are three Modis in the
country. Out of them Nirav Modi
and Lalit Modi have
absconded, and the
third Modi is running
away from his promises,"
he said.
Praising the
NYAY scheme of the
Congress, Sidhu said:
"Poor families will
get Rs 72,000 per
annum under the
scheme, while the BJP policies
have worsened their condition."
Hoshangabad will go to the
polls on May 6 in the fifth phase
of the seven-phased Lok Sabha
election.
Andhra CM urges EC to act against Modi over Bengal claims
EC gets notice on plea challenging
jail term for questioning EVMs
New Delhi : Congress
New Delhi : The Supreme
Court on Monday issued a notice
to the Election Commission on a
plea challenging the legal provision
mandating six months jail
for questioning Electronic
Voting Machines (EVMs).
On a petition filed by
Sunil Ahya, an SC bench
headed by Chief Justice
Ranjan Gogoi heard the
arguments and issued the
notice to the Election
Commission.
According to Section
49 MA of the Code of
Election Rules, if a person
files a complaint regarding
discrepancy in the
EVM, and if after investigation
it is found to be false or
incorrect, then the complainant
can be prosecuted under Section
177 of the Indian Penal Code for
"furnishing false information".
This section invites "six months
in jail or a fine of Rs 1,000 or
both". Ahya contended that such
Modi including those in
Maharshtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan
and Uttar Pradesh. There is also
a complaint about "illegal" roadshow
in Gujarat on April 23.
On Saturday the poll panel
gave Modi clean chit on compliant
concerning his election
speech at Patan in Gujarat on
April 21. Congress spokesperson
Shobha Oza said Modi has
made history in terms of complaints
filed against him with the
a provision in election rules will
act as a deterrent for voters experiencing
faults in the EVMs from
lodging a formal complaint.
Claiming that the provision
was not fair and that it will discourage
voters with genuine
complaints from coming forward,
the petitioner said, "This
infringes upon a citizen's right to
freedom of expression, which is
a fundamental right guaranteed
under Article 19(1)(a) of the
Constitution of India," said the
petition. "Deviant behaviour of
Election commission and no
other prime minister from the
time of Jawaharlal Nehru has
"violated" the election norms in
this manner. "No other prime
minister has shown this disregard
to constitutional authorities
whether it is CBI, RBI or
Election Commission. That
shows his mindset. A Prime
Minister should lead by example,
should be a role model.
Varun K, Chopra, an advocate
representing the party before the
commission, said the poll panel
has taken decision in some cases.
"For the remaining indecision is
also a decision. Being watchdog
of free and fair elections in the
country, ECI should prudently
exercise parity and level-playing
field," he said. He said only
about 180 of 543 Lok Sabha
seats are left to vote.
the electronic machine should
not go against the electorate and
lodging a complaint is an essential
ingredient in a continuous
exercise for improving the electoral
process," Ahya said. The
petitioner also included some
suggestions to
improve the overall
electoral exercise.
He said, "One of the
possible ways to
address the issue of
reporting the aforesaid
discrepancy in
the future would be
to keep the ballot
unit lamp against
the blue button of
EVM glowing and
at the same time, to let the
VVPAT printed slip remain
hanging in the transparent window
without it being automatically
cut after 7 seconds, unless
and until the voter is completely
satisfied and comes out of the
polling booth."
President Rahul Gandhi on
Monday asked the Supreme
Court to dismiss the contempt
petition filed against him by the
BJP, terming it a political move
and also an attempt to gag him in
a political discourse
during
ongoing elections.
Gandhi, in his
affidavit, contended
that the contents
of the explanation
submitted
to the court on
April 22 were
comprehensive
and may be read as a part and
parcel of the present reply.
Although both explanations submitted
in court are similar in
nature, the affidavits do express
regret but don't offer an apology.
Gandhi urged that Meenakshi
Lekhi, by filing the contempt
petition, was trying to drag the
court into a political controversy
and taking political mileage. He
and the model code of conduct is in force.
The Election Commission of India shall
immediately and suo-motu take cognizance
of these shameful remarks by the
Prime Minister and initiate action against
him."
"These comments vindicate our stand
that, after destroying all the Institutions,
the Prime Minister is now trying to
destroy democracy itself," Naidu added.
Rahul doesn't apologize for
Rafale remarks linking SC
said that Lekhi should pay for
abusing the judicial process by
filing this contempt petition.
The Congress President had
filed a similar affidavit in the
court to explain his reaction on
the April 10 court order on the
use of leaked
Defence Ministry
documents for the
Rafale review petition.
Gandhi had said
that the court said
"Chowkidar chor
hai", repeating a slogan
that he and his
party have used to
target Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. He justified the slogan as
his party's stand on the defence
deal. Gandhi expressed regret
for ascribing the comments to
the court and said this happened
in the "heat of campaigning".
Gandhi in his affidavit told
the court that his remarks were
not meant to scandalise the court
in any manner.
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