Gram Panchayat polls: Model Code of Conduct comes into force in Andhra Pradesh In a letter addressed to Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das on Saturday, Ramesh Kumar clarified that there was no objection to organise programmes in urban areas to extend benefits to the beneficiaries. Share Via Email | A+A A- Andhra Pradesh election commissioner N Ramesh Kumar addressing media during a press conference in Vijayawada. (File photo | EPS) By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: A day after announcing the schedule for elections to Gram Panchayats in the State, State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar said that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) was applicable only to rural areas, not urban regions. He said the MCC would be in force from January 9 to February 17.