Congress to move EC against PM Modi's 'roadshow' on polling day

Congress claims that PM Modi and Amit Shah's 'walk' was a 'roadshow' and thus a violation of the Model Code of Conduct and poll guidelines. A roadshow is not permitted on the day of voting but Prime Minister Modi and his party are VVIPs, they can do anything, and they will be excused: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

Her charge here is that the walk that PM Modi took from the polling booth to his brother's house tantamounted to a "roadshow" and hence was against the rules. The second and final phase of polling for the high-stake Gujarat assembly election began at 8am Monday. The voting is being held in 93 out of 182 Assembly seats across 14 districts of central Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Gandhinagar. Polling for 89 seats took place on December 1 with results for both phases due December 8 after counting of the votes. Some prominent candidates in this phase are chief minister Bhupendra Patel (Ghatlodia), Patidar leader Hardik Patel (Viramgam), OBC leader Alpesh Thakor (Gandhinagar South), former minister Shankar Chaudhary (Tharad) and Jignesh Mevani (Vadgam). While Patel, Thakor, and Chaudhary are contesting as BJP candidates, Mevani is in the fray from Congress.