<p>The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday closely monitored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dehradun, to address a Combined Commanders Conference in the capital of poll-bound Uttarakhand.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Chief Electoral Officer was instructed to keep a tab on the conference and to ensure that the prime minister’s visit to the city for the conclave did not violate the Model Code of Conduct.<br /><br />“The official visit shall not be combined with any public meeting. No media briefing, media interaction, press release or announcements in connection with serving soldiers or ex-servicemen, which may affect the voters in the five poll-going states, including Uttarakhand, should be made,” the EC Special Principal Secretary, R K Srivastava, wrote to Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar ahead of the conference.<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday closely monitored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dehradun, to address a Combined Commanders Conference in the capital of poll-bound Uttarakhand.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Chief Electoral Officer was instructed to keep a tab on the conference and to ensure that the prime minister’s visit to the city for the conclave did not violate the Model Code of Conduct.<br /><br />“The official visit shall not be combined with any public meeting. No media briefing, media interaction, press release or announcements in connection with serving soldiers or ex-servicemen, which may affect the voters in the five poll-going states, including Uttarakhand, should be made,” the EC Special Principal Secretary, R K Srivastava, wrote to Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar ahead of the conference.<br />DH News Service</p>
