KOLKATA: EC has “grossly failed” to address complaints about violations of the model code of poll conduct, Calcutta HC said Monday while hearing Trinamool Congress’s petition against BJP‘s allegedly offensive poll ads.
Restraining BJP from publishing material that violates the model code, Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya held a string of ads issued by BJP on May 4, 5, 10 and 12 in sections of the media as “derogatory” and “slanderous“.The judge said such ads must be barred in the interest of free, fair and untainted elections. “Any resolution adopted by EC after June 4 means nothing,” he said, responding to TMC’s allegation that EC had been sitting on its complaints.
The party moved high court against some ads in Bengali that were published on specific days, including May 12, a day before the fourth phase of polling.
Restraining BJP from publishing material that violates the model code, Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya held a string of ads issued by BJP on May 4, 5, 10 and 12 in sections of the media as “derogatory” and “slanderous“.The judge said such ads must be barred in the interest of free, fair and untainted elections. “Any resolution adopted by EC after June 4 means nothing,” he said, responding to TMC’s allegation that EC had been sitting on its complaints.
The party moved high court against some ads in Bengali that were published on specific days, including May 12, a day before the fourth phase of polling.
