Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today announced free electricity for farmers at the Ajmer rally, a move the government wouldn’t have been able to make had the Model Code of Conduct come into effect. As expected the opposition Congress questioned the independence of the Election Commission over last-minute postponement in the announcement of poll dates for the upcoming state Assembly elections. The Commission in a press release on Saturday morning had notified the timing of the press conference called for the announcement of the poll schedule at 12.30 pm. A later release deferred the media interaction by three hours to 3.30 pm.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today announced free electricity for farmers at the Ajmer rally, a move the government wouldn’t have been able to make had the Model Code of Conduct come into effect. As expected the opposition Congress questioned the independence of the Election Commission over last-minute postponement in the announcement of poll dates for the upcoming state Assembly elections. The Commission in a press release on Saturday morning had notified the timing of the press conference called for the announcement of the poll schedule at 12.30 pm. A later release deferred the media interaction by three hours to 3.30 pm.