CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of president of India and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the Election Commission.

Detailed explanation-2: -States Election Commission (India) is an autonomous and Constitutional body constituted in States and Union Territories of India for ensuring that elections are conducted in free, fair and unbiased way.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is appointed by the President of India. Election Commission is independent and has a wide-range of powers which are: 1. EC takes decisions on every aspect of conduct and control of elections from the announcement of elections to the declaration of results.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Model Code of Conduct comes into force immediately on the announcement of the election schedule by the commission for the need of ensuring free and fair elections. Its main purpose is to ensure that ruling parties, at the Centre and in the States, do not misuse their position of advantage to gain an unfair edge.