In a first, the Election Commission of India has issued a notice for violation of the Model Code of Conduct on the basis of complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, taking a circuitous route, the notice was sent on Thursday to BJP President J.P. Nadda, and not to Mr. Modi.In fact, the notice does not mention the name of the Prime Minister at all. The complaints attached to the notice, however, are those of the Congress against Mr. Modi’s “malicious election speech delivered at Banswara (Rajasthan)”, along with complaints from other parties, such as the Communist Party of India (Marxist).A similar notice was served on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, concerning complaints related both to him and party leader Rahul Gandhi.