BJP accuses the Cong party of violation of MCC in the Rajya Sabha election 

BJP candidate for Rajya Sabha from Himachal Harsh Mahajan accused the National Congress Legislative Party of violating the Model code and conduct by issuing whip to Congress party MLAs.
In a complaint addressed to the Election Commission of India, Mr Mahajan said that a three-line whip was to all members of the legislative assembly allegedly directing them to remain present on Tuesday for the election to RS. ”All the Members of the NCLP are requested to vote in favor of the party’s officials candidate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi and put the vote in the ballot box after showing the vote to the agent authorized by the party  ” The BJP said that whip was issued on Feb 22, 2024 is an involution of MCC.
The complaint addressed to ECI that gross violations of MCC were done by the issuing of the whip during the election of RS in Himachal Pradesh. Candidates pointed out that ECI has also issued clarification on July 6 2017 that political parties could not issue any whip like they do in legislative assembly asking their MLAs to vote for a particular candidate.
  The party also sought that to initiate punitive and corrective steps the BJP requested to ECI that action should be taken to appreciate the gravity of the complaint.  Mahajan also demanded to issuing of a show cause notice to INCLP he accused the whip would affecting the decision-making ability of the MLAs and that the violation amounted to undue influence on them. BJP candidate alleged that it was at the behest of the Congress RS candidate that such a whip was issued.