Poll code violation 8212; Hegde attracts EC wrath

The Commission, in the note, insisted that the Minister8217;s conduct had amounted to a violation of the model code of conduct.

This is the second time the Minister is being pulled up for code of conduct violation.

The private secretary had, it is said, responded to the Commission8217;s first note assuring the authorities that such a violation would never be committed in future by the Minister. The authorities in Bangalore are said to have alerted the Commission office in Delhi about the violation.

Meanwhile, the authorities have put up notices in the Kumara Krupa guest house prohibiting political meetings and press conferences there.