Over 700 concerned citizens have submitted a complaint to the Election Commission of India alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the Model Code of Conduct through his national address on April 18. According to the complaint, the speech came shortly after the government’s attempt to operationalise women’s reservation through a controversial plan linked to Lok Sabha expansion and delimitation was defeated in the Lower House. The signatories said the address appeared to be politically charged and targeted opposition parties. The group, which includes former bureaucrats, activists, and academics, also raised concerns that the speech was broadcast on publicly funded platforms such as Doordarshan and All India Radio, which they claim amounts to the use of official machinery for partisan campaigning. They argued that this provided undue advantage to the ruling party and нарушed the principle of a level playing field during elections. Opposition parties including Congress, CPI...