The has clarified that the Model Code Of Conduct would be applicable to all electioneering activities even if they are organised outside the assembly constituency but within the limits of the district concerned.
The commission, in a fresh directive issued, asked the district election officers to enforce all the instructions related to the model code of conduct, Covid and expenditure of the candidates in case electioneering activities are organised outside the constituency but within the district.
The directive assumed significance in the wake of byelection to be held in Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats on October 30. The district election officers concerned have been asked to implement the ECs guidelines under their respective jurisdictions strictly.