Ensure strict adherence to MCC: Cong to CEO

Hyderabad: The Congress on Friday demanded that the Chief Electoral Officer of the State ensure strict implementation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC). The Congress alleged that several violations of MCC have taken place in the State.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Election Commission Coordination Committee chairman Marri Shashidhar Reddy and convener G Niranjan met the CEO and submitted a memorandum in this regard.

They said that there have been many instances of gross violation of MCC in Telangana by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, his party colleagues and the State government officials as well.

The Chief Minister is using the government accommodation Pragathi Bhavan, as his office-cum-residence.

They said that in a recent conversation with a farmer, which has been publicised in the media widely, the Chief Minister assured farmer that the District Collector will visit within two hours and issue certificate and make payment under the Rythu Bandhu scheme.

He also assured that the local revenue official will be suspended. Further, he asked the farmer to post it again on the social media after the problem is resolved to get further publicity. This was a violation of the MCC.

Ironically the next day, it was disclosed by a relative of that farmer that there has been a family dispute.

They said that the faces of the statues of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are being covered in the name of MCC.

They are national leaders and made supreme sacrifices and this practise should be stopped. A bio-pic of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao titled - Udyama Simham has been released.