EC censures IPR Secretary for violating model code of conduct

Gangtok, April 10: The Information and Public Relations (IPR)
Secretary MG Miran has been censured by the Election Commission for
his failure to prevent the release of an
advertisement containing the achievements of the State government,
which it said, amounted to the violation of the model code of conduct.

The Deputy Election Commissioner JP Prakash told reporters in New
Delhi that the poll panel has censured the IPR Secretary for his
failure to prevent the release of the advertisement to the media which
contained publicity to the achievements of the state government.
The Chief Secretary has been asked to ensure that such mistakes on the
part of the state government officials should not be repeated in
future.

The opposition political parties had lodged a strong complaint in this
regard to the Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla who had visited the
state last week to review the poll prepareness for the forthcoming
assembly and parliamentary polls in Sikkim.
Chawla had called for a ‘zero tolerance’ to the violations of the
model code of conduct.