Yatrigan Kursi ki peti baandh lijiye
Bharat is going for elections..
..Model Code of Conduct is now in place!
MCC = Rules of fighting elections. LearnππΌ
This post will teach you:
β’ What's MCC?
β’ Legal implications
β’ ECI declaration of 2024 LS
β’ DOs & DONTs for Parties & Govt.
1. Model Code of Conduct
See it like this: To play a game, you need:
β’ Rules
β’ Referee
In elections game, who decides both?
Election Commission of India
Current Chief of ECI: Sh. Rajiv Kumar
2 ECs: Sh. Gyanesh Kumar & Sh. Sukhbir Sandhu
Rules kya hai?ππΌ
MCC = guidelines to regular parties from..
..date of announcement of elections to date of result
It started first in KL in 1960
1962: ECI regulated pan India for LS
Okay CSEWhy, so what are the rules?ππΌ
a) Prohibition
β’ Bans provoking 2Cs: Caste & Communalism
β’ Criticize ONLY policy, past record & work
β’ No person's effigy burning allowed
b) Meetings & Processions
β’ Time & venue to be informed to authorities
β’ No clash of 2 candidates on same route/place
c) Polling Day
β’ No unauthorized entry to polling booth
β’ Badge & ID to authorized party workers
d) Manifesto
β’ Release as per by sec 126 of RPA 1951
β’ No promises against ideals of constitution
β’ Avoid promises that vitiate election cycle process
e) Others
β’ Opinion & Exit polls are ECI regulated
β’ No Govt. ads featuring figures during elections
β’ No print ads on poll-day & a day prior w/o screening
No statutory backing BUT:
β’ IPC & CrPC directions u/ RPA 1951
β’ 2013: Parliamentary Standing Committee:
"Make MCC legally binding u/ RPA1951"
What are its criticisms?
β’ No legal binding
β’ Malpractices still continue
β’ Often elections in India -> MCC always somewhere
All in all, MCC is now in place!
H'nble CEC has announced the following details:
β’ 96.8 crore voters
β’ Criminal background candidate to publish their record thrice in news
β’ Political Parties to explain why they gave them ticket
β’ Challenges: 4Ms
Muscle, Money, Misinformation & MCC violation
Assembly Elections
β’ Poll dates in bracket
Sikkim [19 April 2024], Arunachal Pradesh [19 April 2024], Odisha [13/05, 20/05, 25/05] & Andhra Pradesh [13 May 2024] to have simultaneous elections with Parliament
β’ 543 constituencies
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