Arun Jaitley dubs Congress 'cry baby' for attack on EC

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday dubbed Congress a "cry baby" for attacking the Election Commission after its recent clean chit to PM Narendra Modi over opposition charges of breach of poll code during his poll speeches.
He said, of late, a tendency has developed amongst the parties to excessively allege violation of the MCC by their opponents. "Congress as the 'Cry Baby' of this poll, is leading the pack. Article 19(1)(a) confers to every citizen the right to free speech," he said.
Calling for a harmonious balance between the implementation of MCC and the right to free speech, Jaitley said in his blog: "Let us take some recent illustrative cases. In the first, the PM appealed to first time voters to keep in mind the sacrifice of the martyrs when they vote in an election. No party or candidate was mentioned. The second illustration is a comment made in relation to Congress chief contesting the election from Wayanad.
A reference here is made to the demographic composition of the new constituency. If such speeches are considered by anyone as violative of the MCC (model code of conduct), that may actually run the danger of the MCC's constitutionality in relation to free speech being called into question."