'Utter violation of MCC': BJP complains to EC about Rahul Gandhi's tweet on Bihar polls

Amid commencement of voting for first phase of Bihar polls, BJP on Wednesday complained to Election Commission of India about ex-Congress president Rahul Gandhi's tweet. In a letter dressed to Bihar's Chief Electoral Officer, BJP's state he of legal matters SD Sanjay pointed out that Wayan MP issued a statement asking for votes in "utter violation" of Model Code of Conduct. In a Twitter post earlier in day, Gandhi wrote, "Your vote should only be for Mahagatbandhan this time for ensuring justice, employment and best interests of farmers and labourers. My best wishes to you all for voting for first phase of Bihar elections". 

According to BJP leer, campaigning for first phase got over on Monday itself. In wake of this, he requested EC to take legal action against Gandhi for allegedly violating Model Code of Conduct. As per EC, 45.88% of registered voters have cast ir votes till 3 pm. 

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Bihar polls

Bihar Assembly has a strength of 243 members out of which 38 seats are reserved for SC and two for ST. In 2015 state polls, Mahagatbandhan comprising RJD, JD(U) and Congress won a whopping majority with 178 seats under leership of Nitish Kumar. On or hand,  BJP-led alliance won from only 58 constituencies. On July 26, 2017, Nitish Kumar stepped down as CM citing irreconcilable differences with RJD over corruption allegations against Tejashwi Yav and joined hands with its former ally BJP.

or two phases of Bihar election are on vember 3 and vember 7. EC has anunced that 7 lakh hand sanitizers, 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh face shields and 23 lakh pairs of hand gloves have been arranged for election. To observe COVID-19 prevention rms, each polling booth will have less than 1000 voters. To decongest polling stations furr, voting time has been increased by one hour. Thus, people will be able to cast ir votes from 7 am to 6 pm barring for areas affected by Left-wing extremism.  counting of votes will take place on vember 10. 

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