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Control over Election Manifestos
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- Election Commission of India (ECI) has now made the release of election manifestos a part of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and has barred political parties from releasing election manifestos in the last 48 hours before polling.
- ECI has also said that manifestos for both single and multiphase elections shall not be released during the prohibitory period, as prescribed under Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
- Section 126 of the RP Act, 1951 embodies "election silence", which prohibits any form of the election campaign in the last 48 hours leading up to voting.
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