7 recruited despite model code of conduct
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 13 2017:
Seven people were reportedly recruited to various posts in the Manipur Assembly Secretariat fraudulently while the model election code of conduct for the 11th State Assembly election which was held in two phases on March 4 and 8 this year was in force.
The Election Commission of India issued the election schedule on January 11 and enforced model code of conduct in the State from the same day itself.
According to a reliable source, seven officials resigned from various posts of the Assembly Secretariat on February 2 and the then Speaker allegedly appointed seven new individuals to the vacant posts on February 27, well within the model code of conduct period.
Questions have arose within the Assembly Secretariat as to how these seven individuals were appointed to the posts when the model code of conduct was in force which prohibited such acts, it added.