EC gives clean chit to PM Modi on A-Sat speech
PTI | Mar 30, 2019, 01:59 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (TOI photo)NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on the successful test-firing of an anti-satellite missile did not violate the model code of conduct, the Election Commission said on Friday.
The EC took the decision based on the report of a committee of officers which found that the PM did not violate the provision of 'party in power' in the poll code. "The panel has, therefore, reached the conclusion that the MCC provision regarding misuse of official mass media...is not attracted in the instant case," the commission said. Model code of conduct is in place for the April-May Lok Sabha election and some state polls.
India shot down one of its satellites on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile to demonstrate this complex capability, PM announced, making it only the fourth country to have used such a weapon.
The EC took the decision based on the report of a committee of officers which found that the PM did not violate the provision of 'party in power' in the poll code. "The panel has, therefore, reached the conclusion that the MCC provision regarding misuse of official mass media...is not attracted in the instant case," the commission said. Model code of conduct is in place for the April-May Lok Sabha election and some state polls.
India shot down one of its satellites on Wednesday with an anti-satellite missile to demonstrate this complex capability, PM announced, making it only the fourth country to have used such a weapon.
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