Narendra Modi biopic row: Full page ad results in EC notice to T-Series, Dainik Bhaskar over alleged Model Code of Conduct violation

The Vivek Oberoi-starrer biographical drama, PM Narendra Modi has been in the midst of controversy since it was announced A district election officer of the East Delhi Parliamentary constituency has served a show cause notice to Anand Pandey of Dainik Bhaskar, Sachin Chauhan of T-Series and Legend Global Studio, which is owned by Sandip Ssingh, who is one of the producers of Narendra Modi’s biopic for alleged Model Code of Conduct violations. A letter signed by K Mahesh, the District Returning Officer at the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, states that a full page The letter stated that the film’s full-page ad carried in the Hindi language daily Dainik Bhaskar appears to be a ‘surrogate Quoting the provisions of the code issued by the Election Commission of India, the letter claimed that surrogate The letter demanded that the makers and distributors of the film, along with the newspaper that carried the ad, submit documents showing the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee, set up by the Election Commission, cleared the ad before Monday. Opposition leaders have urged the poll body to intervene and delay the film’s release, which is currently slated to hit theatres days before the first phase of polling. This is a story of 1.3 billion people and I can’t wait to show it to them,” film’s producer Sandip Ssingh said in a statement.