PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Nov 25: The Election Commission of India today lifted the model code of conduct from Jharkhand.
The model code of conduct was implemented on October 18 with the announcement of the Jharkhand assembly polls by the Election Commission of India.
In a communication issued today to the Union cabinet secretary, state chief secretaries and chief electoral officers, Ashwani Kumar Mohal, secretary, Election Commission of India said as results of state legislative assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra and by-elections in various states have been declared, “model code of conduct ” has ceased to be in operation with immediate effect.
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The model code of conduct is a set of conventions agreed upon by all stakeholders and imposed during elections.
Its objective is to keep the campaigning, polling and counting process orderly, clean and peaceful and check any abuse of state machinery and finances by the party in power.
Notably, several cases of violation of the model code of conduct were registered in various constituencies ever since the assembly polls were declared in Jharkhand.
The state assembly polls took place in two phases on November 13 and November 20.
