New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday said that no violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) had been done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at Rajasthan’s Barmer, in which he had said Indias nuclear weapons were not meant for Diwali.
This was the third clean chit to Modi in the complaints of poll code violations filed against him.
A detailed report on the matter was received from the Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer, and the “matter has been examined in detail in accordance with the extant advisories, provisions of the Model Code of Conduct”, the poll panel said in a statement.
After examining the complete transcript of speech of 10 pages “as per the certified copy sent by the returning officer of Barmer parliamentary Constituency”, the commission “is of the considered view that in this matter no such violation of the extant advisories/provisions is attracted”, it added.
–IANS
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