The Election Commission has held two Congress MPs and the party candidate from Andhra Pradesh's Ghanpur Assembly seat guilty of violating the model code of conduct. They have been charged of addressing election meetings inside a church during by polls in the state.

The Commission in its order reprimanded the two Congress MPs Balaram Naik and Rajaiah Siricilla and the party's nominee from Ghanpur seat Rajarapu Prathap for violation of the model code and has issued a mild warning to them. The EC has also directed Prathap to comply with the directions of the Returning Officer to account for the expenses made in arranging the political rally in the church during filing of nomination.