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Home / News / Politics News / Mamata responds to EC's show-cause
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    Mamata responds to EC's show-cause

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    Last updated on Apr 21, 2016, 03:16 pm
    Mamata responds to EC's show-cause
  • West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responded to the Election Commission show-cause notice on prima facie violation of model code.

    Mamata was given time till 22 April morning to respond after EC rejected state Chief Secretary's response on her behalf.

    The poll panel made it clear that the notice was issued to Mamata in her capacity as TMC head and not as the CM.

  • In this article
    Model code of conduct EC's role in ensuring free and fair elections Mamata's promise to create new district of Asansol EC issues showcause notice to Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee blasts EC for showcause EC should have done basic due diligence, TMC EC examines Mamata's outburst Mamata responds to EC's show-cause
  • Definition

    Model code of conduct

  • EC's Model Code of Conduct lays down how political parties, contesting candidates and party(s) in power should conduct themselves during the process of elections i.e. on their general conduct during electioneering, holding meetings and processions, poll day activities and functioning of the party in power etc.

  • EC-role

    EC's role in ensuring free and fair elections

    EC's role in ensuring free and fair elections
  • Election Commission ensures that model code of conduct is observed by political party(ies) in power, including ruling parties in Centre, States and contesting candidates.

    EC ensures that official machinery for the electoral purposes is not misused and that corrupt practices such as impersonation, bribing and inducement of voters, threat and intimidation to the voters are prevented.

    Appropriate measures are taken in case of violation.

  • Information

    Mamata's promise to create new district of Asansol

  • Mamata Banerjee had promised to create a new district of Asansol at an election rally in Asansol on 8 April. Making fresh promises are barred under the model code of conduct in election-bound states.

  • 14 Apr 2016

    EC issues showcause notice to Mamata Banerjee

    EC issues showcause notice to Mamata Banerjee
  • Election Commission issued show-cause notice to Mamata Banerjee for violating the model code of conduct.

    "It was brought to our knowledge that she made the promise of creation of a new district of Asansol after which a detailed showcause notice was sent to her," Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said.

    Zaidi said that future course of action will be decided after receiving Mamata's reply.

  • 14 Apr 2016

    Mamata Banerjee blasts EC for showcause

    Mamata Banerjee blasts EC for showcause
  • West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee blasted the Election Commission which issued a show-cause notice against her.

    The Trinamool supremo thundered, "people will showcause them on May 19," when results of the assembly polls will be declared.

    Pointing to the removal of Kolkata police commissioner and change of large number of officers-in-charge, Mamata accused EC of working at the behest of Congress, BJP and CPI-M.

  • 14 Apr 2016

    EC should have done basic due diligence, TMC

    EC should have done basic due diligence, TMC
  • Trinamool Congress said that EC should have done "very basic due diligence" before issuing a showcause notice to Mamata.

    TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brien said that the decision to make Asansol, Kalimpong, Basirhat, Sundarbans and Jhargram into different districts was not new and taken up in state cabinet in Dec 2015.

    O'Brien added that people who registered the complaint did not get their facts right.

  • 16 Apr 2016

    EC examines Mamata's outburst

    EC examines Mamata's outburst
    Credits:
  • Election Commission decided to examine West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's outburst against the poll panel in public meetings across the state.

    "She has given her reaction in different public meetings ever since she was showcaused," Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dibyendu Sarkar said.

    "We are sending the CDs of those meetings to the Election Commission," he added.

  • 21 Apr 2016

    Mamata responds to EC's show-cause

    Mamata responds to EC's show-cause
  • West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responded to the Election Commission show-cause notice on prima facie violation of model code.

    Mamata was given time till 22 April morning to respond after EC rejected state Chief Secretary's response on her behalf.

    The poll panel made it clear that the notice was issued to Mamata in her capacity as TMC head and not as the CM.

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