Continuing its efforts to ensure that the election model code of conduct is strictly adhered to, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday issued a show cause notice to a BJP MLA for allegedly violating the code. It also expressed ?severe displeasure? to the vice chancellor and pro vice chancellor of the Saurashtra University for eulogising chief minister Narendra Modi.
The EC said Pradeep Singh Jadeja, an MLA, had printed pamphlets showing photographs of himself and the chief minister with BJP?s lotus symbol alongside the picture of ?Maa Amba?.
These pamphlets were distributed during a Navratri programme, the EC said, adding that these acts amounted to violation of the provisions of the model code of conduct. Jadeja has been given time up to October 28 to reply to the notice.
The commission also directed the Gujarat CEO to file a complaint against the printers and publishers who printed the pamphlets, the EC said.
Expressing its ?severe displeasure? to Kamlesh Joshipura, vice chancellor, the EC said that he had said that the chief minister had performed a miracle in the education sector and because of these efforts the bell of development was tolling.
