Decks cleared for EC to enforce model code of conduct

They said that the CEC spoke to Murasoli Maran DMK, Vaiko MDMK and S Ramadoss PMK who have agreed with the Commission8217;s proposal to enforce the code from the date of announcement of the poll but felt that the gap between the announcement and the notification should be less than a month.

Similarly, leaders of Arunachal Congress and Mizo National Front also agreed to go along with other parties after Gill spoke to them, the sources said.

At an all-party meeting conveyed by the Commission on Saturday last, major political parties including all the national parties, had agreed on the enforcement of model code of conduct from the date of announcement of polls while parties from Tamil Nadu, where Assembly elections are due early next year, expressed certain reservations.

DMK, MDMK and PMK had earlier felt enforcement of the code from the date of announcement would hamper developmental activities in the state.