TMC leader Derek O'Brien has moved Election Commission (EC) citing that the coverage provided to cover Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kedarnath Yatra is a  violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Citing that the campaigning for the seventh and the final phase of Lok Sabha polls 2019 was over on May 17, O'Brien, in his letter to the EC urged that the broadcast of Modi's visit to the shrines should be 'stopped'. Shortly later, West Bengal Congress also wrote to the EC seeking action against PM for 'violating the MCC'.

"even though the Election Campaign for the last phase of polling for 2019 Lok Sabha is over as long back on 17th May 2019 at 6 pm, surprisingly, Shri Narendra Modi's Kedarnath Yatra is being covered and widely televised for the last two days in all national as well as local media. This is a gross violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC)," O'Brien said in his letter to the poll body.

He further raised concerns over PM Modi's address to the public and media at Kedarnath. "It is very unfortunate that the Election Commission, the highest body and the eyes and ears of the democratic process, remains blind and deaf to the gross violation of the MCC," he said, seeking immediate action on the 'unfair campaign, which is also morally wrong'.

A day after the deadline for campaigning concluded, PM Modi visited Kedarnath and spent hours inside a holy cave. Photographs of Modi meditating inside the cave and visiting the shrine were widely circulated in the media. On Sunday, he visited Badrinath.