New Delhi:The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said that it disposed of 90 per cent of complaints filed by several political parties over alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) ever since it came into effect on March 16. Issuing a press release on Tuesday, the ECI said that "Approximately 425 major complaints, excluding canvassing related or clarificatory complaints, have been filed by various political parties and candidates at the level of ECI and CEOs. Of these, action has been taken (or matter disposed of) in 400 cases."
It further said that "Approximately 170, 95 and 160 complaints were filed by INC, BJP and Others respectively. Most of these complaints have been acted upon."
The poll panel in its press release notes that a few complaints of the Congress and BJP against each other are pending alleging violation of MCC inter alia broadly in the genre of divisive statements by top star campaigners on communal, caste, regional language divide, or the sanctity of the Constitution of India.
Similarly, highlighting the key decisions taken by the poll panel amidst the high-stakes Lok Sabha elections, it said that "In one of the complaints filed by Telangana Congress, Bharat Rashta Samithi (BRS) president and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was barred for 48 hours from holding any public meetings, public processions, public rallies, shows and interviews and public utterances in the media for making statements violating MCC during a press meet."