BJP, Congress seek more time to respond to EC notice

Both parties were supposed to submit their responses by 11 a.m. on Monday.

EC sources said that the Congress had initially sought time till 5 p.m. on Monday but later asked for 14 more days.

On Thursday, the EC had for the first time issued a notice for violation of the Model Code of Conduct by Prime Minister Modi. However, taking a circuitous route, the notice was sent to Mr. Nadda and not to Mr. Modi directly.

The notice failed to even mention the Prime Minister by name but the complaints attached along with it were those of the Congress, CPI(M) etc., against Mr. Modi’s “malicious election speech delivered at Banswara (Rajasthan)”.