New Delhi, April 20 -- Communist Party of India (CPI) lawmaker P Sandosh Kumar on Sunday alleged that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's televised address to the nation a day ago violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), which is currently in force across five regions. In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Sunday, which HT has seen, Kumar argued that the address - carried on Doordarshan and Sansad TV on Saturday evening - contained partisan assertions and direct attempts to influence public opinion while West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Kerala are mid-election, with the MCC operative until May 6. In the address, PM Modi named the Congress, DMK, TMC, and the Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing them of committing a...