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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | LPG cap: EC unsatisfied with Moily's explanation

LPG cap: EC unsatisfied with Moily's explanation

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published Published on Dec 13, 2012   modified Modified on Dec 13, 2012
-The Times of India

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday rapped petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily for having violated the model code of conduct with his poll-eve announcement of plans to increase LPG subsidy cap from six to nine cylinders a year. Expressing its strong disapproval of the announcement made on Tuesday - adjudged by the poll watchdog as promise of a financial grant - the EC cautioned Moily to be circumspect in the future.

Not satisfied with Moily's explanation on Wednesday that the government was yet to take a decision on the subsidy cap and that he had only reiterated a proposal under active consideration while responding to media queries, the poll panel said his reply had made it clear that the cap was being raised to nine cylinders per household in a year.

"Your statement is tantamount to announcement of financial grant in the form of increased subsidy, and is a clear violation of the letter and spirit of the model code of conduct," the EC said in its reply to Moily's clarification received on Wednesday morning. It quoted from Part VII of the poll code, which bars the party in power at the Centre or in the poll-bound state from using its official position for purposes of its election campaign.

"The ministers and other authorities shall not announce any financial grants in any form or promises thereof," the EC said adding that Moily's announcement on Tuesday was "a clear violation both of the letter and spirit of the model code of conduct."

"Such a statement does have an impact on the minds of electors in Gujarat where the poll is scheduled on December 13 and 17," said the EC.

Moily had, at a press interaction here on Tuesday afternoon, announced the government's move to raise the LPG subsidy cap to nine cylinders, leading the EC to seek a clarification from the petroleum minister and direct the move to be "stopped forthwith". The panel took strong exception to the announcement, asking the minister why it was announced less than two days before polling for the first phase in Gujarat.

Meanwhile, BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday drew the attention of the Rajya Sabha over the government's announcement of its intent to raise the cap on subsidized LPG, saying such a disclosure outside the House amounts to 'privilege' when Parliament was in session.

The Times of India, 13 December, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/LPG-cap-EC-unsatisfied-with-Moilys-explanation/articleshow/17591827.cms


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