URGENT NEED FOR THE ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO LAY DOWN CODE OF CONDUCT
Notwithstanding seven decades’ of election campaigns the current election campaign for the 2019 election is in a state of catharsis. The political parties fighting the elections led by the two national parties appear to have forsaken all norms of acceptable behavior and campaigning dignity. Unsubstantiated charges against opponents are flung about without a care about their veracity. Abusive language that was used with caution in the past is now the order of the day. Sadly the leaders of the two national parties have crossed all bounds of decency and probity by indulging in abusive language against their principal opponents. This example has trickled down to their rank and file. The dynasty which could have learned a lesson from the 2014 election where calling the Gujarat Chief minister th...









