Shillong, April 10: The Returning Officer of the 1-Shillong (ST) Parliamentary Constituency today has sent the show cause notice address to the president of the Voice of the People Party base on the complaints received by the office on the 9th April 2024.
In the show cause notice stated that during the election campaign organized by the National Peoples’ Party at Jaiaw, East Khasi Hill District, Meghalaya, supporters o the Voice of the People’s Party began to disrupt the campaign or meeting.
Whereas, the Voice of the Peoples’ Party supporters resorted to sloganeering and thus disrupt the meeting causing it to be cancelled before time.
Whereas, with the announcement of schedule of General Election to Lok Sabha- 2024 by the Election Commission of India vide Press Note dated 16.03.2024, the Model Code of Conduct comes into operation with immediate effect from 16.03.2024.
Whereas, Model Code of Conduct guidelines for political parties and candidates states that, ‘Political parties and candidates shall ensure that their supporters do not create obstructions in or break up meetings and processions organized by other parties.
Workers or sympathizers of one political party shall not create disturbances at public meetings organized by another political party by putting questions orally or in writing or by distributing leaflets of their own party.
Processions shall not be taken out by one party along places at which meetings are held by another party. Posters issued by one party shall not be removed by workers of another party.
“Now, therefore giving you an opportunity to be heard, you are hereby directed to show cause on or before 12 April, 2024 as to why action should not be taken against you under relevant provisions of the Model Code of Conduct”.
