Congress Urges EC To Bar Modi From Campaigning For 48-72 Hours

Congress party urged Election Commission of India (EC) to bar Prime Minister Narendra Modi from campaigning for a period of “at least” 48-72 hours for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are not above EC and MCC. It is even more necessary, that to give a clear and simple message, Prime Minister should be barred from campaigning for 48 to 72 hours,” Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said while talking to reporters outside the EC office here.