India, Dec. 5 -- The model code of conduct for the Pimpri-Chinchwad civic elections is expected to come into force on December 20 or 22, BJP leader and higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil said on Thursday. He was speaking at a meeting of party workers in Pimpri ahead of the polls.

Patil said the BJP has begun internal discussions on candidate applications and nominations. "From today, anyone can take the candidacy form. Applications will be accepted for the next four days with no show of strength. Interested members should come to the party office and apply," he said. All applications, he added, will be scrutinised before being sent to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and state BJP president Ravindra Chavan.

He als...