Telecast of Modi meditation during elections will violate Code of Conduct: Bengal CM

If news channels telecast Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meditation in Kanniyakumari, during the last phase of polling, it would amount to violation of the model code of conduct, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has said.

"Around 48 hours before the last phase of election, he goes to some place, sits and meditates. Does anyone meditate in front of cameras? He can meditate, but televisions cannot show it. It violates MCC during the silence period, ahead of the election on June 1," Banerjee contended. Is he going there to inhale fresh air," she asked, adding that she had planned a trip to Kanniyakumari after polls but dropped it after hearing about Modi's plan.

"During elections, such campaigns cannot be done... When someone does puja, is it done before the camera? His time will expire on June 4. He knows that he will be defeated. He has lost in Bihar and other states," she claimed.


"Modi had become arrogant. He is a liar. Even today, at the Kakdwip rally, he lied about central assistance to Bengal. Not a single paisa has been paid by him for embankments. I have come here to reply to honchos of BJP who told lies," Banerjee alleged at her rally in Baruipur, a day after Modi's rally.