Model Code of Misconduct

Should we persist with a code of behaviour which seems to be observed more in its breach?

If you’ve been watching a lot of news television lately, you’d have found that one word — okay, let’s be precise, phrase — hits your eardrums almost as often as “BJP” or “Congress” does. I am referring, of course, to “Model Code of Conduct”. You switch on the TV for a prime time dose of the dance of democracy (the fancy name for the general elections) and you invariably hear people banging on about this or that violating the Election Commission’s Model Code of Conduct. I mean, it is a bit thick. When you want to know about the latest