The poll panel has also written separately to Doordarshan and asked to verify how the national broadcaster ran an hour-long live broadcast of PM Modi’s public address “Mein Bhi Chowkidar” on March 31.
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The Election Commission’s flying squad raided a Chennai bookshop and seized copies of “Rafale: The Scam That Shook the Nation” on the alleged scam in the Rafale warplane deal. The book is written by an engineer named S Vijayan and the incident happened hours before its launch.
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The Election Commission sought a report after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath called the Indian Army “Modiji ki Sena” at an election rally. The poll panel has asked for a factual report from the Ghaziabad district election office and asked it to submit it by Tuesday.
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The railways came under scrutiny yet again for alleged violation of the election model code of conduct when passengers Kathgodam Shatabdi reported that tea was served in paper cups with “main bhi chowkidar” written on them.
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The Election Commission said PM Narendra Modi television and radio address on the successful demonstration of the anti-satellite missile capability did not violate the election model code of conduct, which is enforced since the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll dates.
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The Election Commission said the investigation into the claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the election model code of conduct when he announced on TV the success of an anti-satellite missile test (A-SAT) will be completed by Friday.
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The poll panel told the Supreme Court that electoral bonds, contrary to the claims made by the government, maybe defeating the very purpose of clean political funding.
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The Election Commission sent a letter to the NITI Aayog chairman, Rajiv Kumar, on Tuesday, seeking an explanation over his criticism on Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement of minimum income scheme as the poll panel saw it as a pro-BJP statement.
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Air India, the state-owned airline, decided to “roll back” boarding passes carrying photos of Narendra Modi amid cries of violation of the election model code of conduct, which came into effect on March 10 with the announcement of the dates for the general election.
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The Supreme Court indicated that the Election Commission should increase the percentage of votes randomly verified against the voter-verifiable paper audit trail. It has also told the poll panel to file an affidavit to list its stand by March 28.
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