A total of 221 complaints were registered by various political parties against violation of Model Code of Conduct during the lok Sabha elections at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. Of these, 181 complaints have been redressed.
All the complaints, regarding the violation of Model Code, were filed after the announcement of the lok Sabha elections on March 5.Of the 12 complaints from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 10 have been redressed while the remaining two complaints pertain to Shivpuri and Sehore.The BJP’s 33 out of 39 complaints have been redressed. Remaining 6 complaints — including two each regarding Mandsaur and Satna and one each regarding Chhindwara and Ujjain — are under process.
The Indian National Congress had registered 88 complaints of which 70 have been disposed off. Of the remaining complaints seven are regarding Jabalpur, three Bhopal, two Chhindwara and one each of Satna, Gwalior, Damoh, Datia, Indore and Bhind districts.
The CPI had registered one complaint which has been redressed. Bahujan Samaj Party’s two out of four complaints have been disposed off. Remaining two belong to Shivpuri and Balaghat districts.Among other political parties, one complaint each was registered by Gondwana Ganatantra Party, Samajwadi Party and lok Janshakti Party, which have been redressed.Other 74 complaints were registered by media houses, etc of which 62 have been redressed. Remaining 12 complaints belong to nine districts including four of Bhopal and one each of Satna, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Morena, Sagar, Rewa, Panna and Shivpuri districts.