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Ahead of the announcement of the Assembly predetermination schedule by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Congress connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) took a swipe astatine the canvass body, referring the the Model Code of Conduct oregon MCC arsenic “Modi's Code of Campaigning”, which, the enactment said, would beryllium “full of defamation, abuses, intimidation, fear-mongering, and spreading the microorganism of lies”.
Congress wide caput successful complaint of communications, Jairam Ramesh, took to the societal media level X. "The Election Commission volition denote the docket for the 2026 Assembly elections astatine 4 p.m. today. It would person been fixed the go-ahead by the G2, since G1 would person completed this circular of inaugurations, ribbon-cuttings, flag-offs, and launches," Mr. Ramesh said, adding, “The Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct (MCC) volition soon travel into effect. But since 2014, this has travel to basal for Modi's Code of Campaigning, which volition beryllium afloat of defamation, abuses, intimidation, fear-mongering, and spreading the microorganism of lies," Mr. Ramesh said.
The Congress often uses the word “G2” to instrumentality swipes astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, some of whom are from Gujarat.
The MCC is simply a acceptable of conventions agreed upon by each stakeholders during the elections. Its nonsubjective is to support campaigning, polling and counting orderly, cleanable and peaceful, and cheque immoderate maltreatment of authorities machinery and finances by the enactment successful power.
