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EC: Code of conduct applies to retd govt officials in state jobs
EC: Code of conduct applies to retd govt officials in state jobs

NEW DELHI: EC Tuesday directed that the “political neutrality” provision of model code of conduct (MCC) will henceforth apply not just to serving govt employees in poll-bound states but also to retired govt officials and staffers attached, employed or re-employed by state govts.As per relevant MCC instructions, govt employees, and now retired or re-employed officers, “are not expected to take part in any election campaign or canvassing and should take scrupulous care not to lend their names, official position or authority to assist one individual/political party/group against another”.

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