Senior Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said that the model code of conduct enforced for a longer duration hinders development work.
Vij, the Health and Sports Minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana Government, said that apart from the Lok Sabha polls, the assembly and panchayat elections were due in the state later this year and the code of conduct would again come into effect, leaving little time for undertaking development works.
“Such a long duration of model code of conduct hinders development. In Haryana, Lok Sabha polls are scheduled in the sixth phase, which is on May 12, but all works have already come to a halt,” Vij tweeted.
The BJP leader favoured that the duration for which the model code remains in force should be limited.
“The Election Commission should discuss this issue with all parties," Vij tweeted.
“The days (of model code) should be limited. It should be enforced only at those places that are going to polls, from the date of filing of nominations till the time votes are counted,” he said.
Otherwise, in Haryana, brakes will be put on (development) works (due to model code) for the entire year, the Ambala Cantonment MLA added.
The model code came into effect with the announcement of the poll dates by the Election Commission on March 10.
The voting to all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana will be held in a single phase on May 12.