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| Harsh alleges violation of MCC by ruling party ministers, contesting candidates | | | Early Times report
Jammu, Mar 26: Harsh Dev Singh NPP chairman has urged upon the Election Commission to take cognizance of the gross violations of the Model Code of Conduct by the candidates and Ministers of ruling alliance in the state of J&K.
"Ministers from ruling party are using the official vehicles for electioneering and the fuel for the said vehicles and their escort vehicles is also being provided by the govt. free of cost, he said.
He further charged the coalition govt. of abusing the official machinery and bureaucratic set up for the promotion of their electoral prospects in the elections and the ministers have openly involved their respective departments to work for the furtherance of the electoral prospects of the coalition candidates.Mounting a scathing attack on the acute politicization of bureaucracy during elections, Harsh Dev Singh sought immediate intervention of the ECI and appropriate action against the delinquents. He further pointed out that not only was the administration actively associated in election campaign, but the govt. functionaries were showing several other undue favours to the congress-NC alliance. He said that while the hoardings and cut-outs installed by opposition parties especially the Panthers Party had been destroyed by the govt. functionaries, the Cong- NC leaders' hoardings were allowed to stay. Harsh further expressed dismay over the charging of fees from Panthers Party workers for use of party flag and public address system in the vehicles used by them in elections. He said that Rs. 200/- per vehicle were charged for all the vehicles being used by the Panthers Party in district Udhampur by the election cell Udhampur. Terming the same as arbitrary and discriminatory, he said that there was no such provision in the election laws for charging such heavy fees especially when the said vehicles were used in rural and remote areas. Moreover no such fee was being charged in other districts including Jammu, he complained.
Expressing grave concern over the blatant transgressions of the Model Code of conduct and open defiance of other election laws by govt. functionaries in the state, NPP leader has sought direct intervention of the ECI and its election observers and initiation of appropriate proceedings in conformity with the Election Commission guidelines in the interest of free and fair elections. |
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