EC asks Congress to explain misleading newspaper ad in response to BJP complaint
1 year, 1 month ago

EC asks Congress to explain misleading newspaper ad in response to BJP complaint

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has directed Congress to explain the design and placement of an The EC has also constrained Congress from utilising this format, content, language and placement of In its notice, the EC noted that the However, in the notice, the EC also noted that the placement, design and content of The BJP had taken umbrage to It has also called the EC to take action against newspapers that carried the advertisement and asked them to publish an apology and a clarification.

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Incendiary poll slogans: 15 reports sent to ECI
1 month ago

Incendiary poll slogans: 15 reports sent to ECI

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The state branch of the Election Commission of India has sent at least 15 reports to the ECI headquarters in New Delhi regarding objectionable slogans and statements by political leaders – such as vote jihad, batenge toh katenge and dharmayudh – in the run-up to and during the assembly poll held on Wednesday. Incendiary poll slogans: 15 reports sent …

EC seeks responses from Nadda and Kharge on speeches of Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi
1 month, 1 week ago

EC seeks responses from Nadda and Kharge on speeches of Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India on Saturday sent separate letters to BJP president JP Nadda and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, each asking them to respond to the complaint filed by the other party. Congress alleges election ads violation in Maharashtra The Congress has filed a complaint against the ECI for strategically placing BJP accuses Muslim bodies of vitiating poll atmosphere …

Cong complains to ECI about Mahayuti’s ‘covert ads’
1 month, 1 week ago

Cong complains to ECI about Mahayuti’s ‘covert ads’

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress has complained to the Election Commission of India that the ruling Mahayuti alliance is doing covert advertising through television serials. Cong complains to ECI about Mahayuti’s ‘covert ads’ Maharashtra Congress general secretary Sachin Sawant met state chief electoral officer S Chokalingam on Friday and lodged the complaint. Sawant said that Mahayuti’s Disney Hotstar, however, aired the episodes …

Congress moves EC over BJP's 'communal' ad on 'removing SC, ST, OBC quotas' and 7 other complaints
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Congress moves EC over BJP's 'communal' ad on 'removing SC, ST, OBC quotas' and 7 other complaints

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A Congress delegation on Monday took up with the Election Commission eight complaints regarding Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly polls, including a "communal" image posted by the BJP depicting reservations being taken from SCs, STs, and OBCs and given to members of a minority community. All the eight complaints raised by the Congress were found valid by the Election …

’Correct star campaigners’ discourses’: EC raps Congress and BJP, asks them to exercise restraint amid LS election
7 months ago

’Correct star campaigners’ discourses’: EC raps Congress and BJP, asks them to exercise restraint amid LS election

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday came down heavily on Bhartiya Janata Party president JP Nadda and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to issue formal notes to star campaigners to correct their discourse, exercise care and maintain decorum. The EC's letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP president JP Nadda comes in the wake of the plummeting quality of …

EC tells BJP, Congress leaders to urge star campaigners to 'be careful in their campaign utterances, maintain decorum'
7 months ago

EC tells BJP, Congress leaders to urge star campaigners to 'be careful in their campaign utterances, maintain decorum'

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday directed the Bhartiya Janta Party president JP Nadda and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to issue formal notes to star campaigners to correct their discourse, exercise care and maintain decorum. They cannot afford to be lax in any manner in enforcing discipline and conduct among the cadre in the high stake electoral …

EC comes down heavily on both BJP and Congress, says 'correct discourse, maintain decorum'
7 months ago

EC comes down heavily on both BJP and Congress, says 'correct discourse, maintain decorum'

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India on Wednesday came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge directing them to issue formal notes to star campaigners of the Lok Sabha elections to correct their discourse, exercise care and maintain decorum. The poll body asked the BJP and the Congress to desist from campaigning along caste, …

Congress moves Election Commission against 'Modi Parivaar' and 'Modi ki Guarantee' advertisements
9 months ago

Congress moves Election Commission against 'Modi Parivaar' and 'Modi ki Guarantee' advertisements

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Alleging misuse of state resources for the poll campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Thursday complained to the Election Commission against "Modi Parivaar" and "Modi ki Guarantee" A delegation of Congress leaders comprising Mukul Wasnik, Salman Khurshid and Supriya Shrinate met the Election Commission and handed over a set of complaints about alleged violations of …

ECI issues notice to BJD over use of party symbol in government advertisements
9 months, 3 weeks ago

ECI issues notice to BJD over use of party symbol in government advertisements

Hindustan Times  

Bhubaneshwar: The Election Commission of India has issued a notice to the Odisha government and the ruling Biju Janata Dal over the alleged use of the party symbol in The election commission has asked the chief secretary of Odisha and the BJD’s general secretary to file responses by Saturday over the use of the party’s “conch” symbol in state government …

Not in violation of any rules: Karnataka govt says about EC letter on ads in Telangana newspapers
1 year ago

Not in violation of any rules: Karnataka govt says about EC letter on ads in Telangana newspapers

India TV News  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the state government's The Election Commission, on the same day, asked the Congress government in Karnataka to stop publishing Speaking to reporters here, Shivakumar said that the "They were trying to propagate that we have not implemented -- we have just said it, we have not …

EC asks Karnataka govt to explain why it published ads in poll-bound Telangana
1 year ago

EC asks Karnataka govt to explain why it published ads in poll-bound Telangana

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India has issued a notice to the Congress-ruled Karnataka government, seeking an explanation on why it published the The polling body noted that it received representations from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, which showed “Explain the circumstances which led to the violation of the Commission's aforesaid MCC instructions on the part of …

EC bans Congress-led Karnataka government's ads in Telangana dailies ahead of Assembly polls
1 year ago

EC bans Congress-led Karnataka government's ads in Telangana dailies ahead of Assembly polls

India TV News  

The Election Commission has issued a notice to the Congress government in Karnataka, seeking an explanation over The move comes in response to a complaint filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, alleging that the Congress was violating the Representation of the People Act and the Model Code of Conduct. The BJP raised concerns about the Karnataka government's “The said act …

EC issues show cause notice to Rahul over remarks against PM Modi
1 year, 1 month ago

EC issues show cause notice to Rahul over remarks against PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has issued a show cause notice to Congress’s Rahul Gandhi over his “panauti” and “jaibkatra” remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi made at a public rally in Barmer, Rajasthan. At a public meeting in Baytu, Rajasthan, Gandhi had said that Modi made the Indian cricket team lose the final world cup match as …

ECI notice to Rajasthan Congress over advertisements that look like news
1 year, 1 month ago

ECI notice to Rajasthan Congress over advertisements that look like news

The Hindu  

The Election Commission on Wednesday asked the Rajasthan Congress for an explanation on the Terming the The ECI’s notice came after the BJP on Tuesday lodged a complaint regarding an A delegation led by senior BJP leader and Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya complained that the placement of the In its notice to the Congress on Wednesday, the ECI said: “It …

EC issues show cause notice to BJP over AAP complaint
1 year, 1 month ago

EC issues show cause notice to BJP over AAP complaint

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India has issued a show cause notice to Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Virendra Sachdeva over derogatory posts sent from BJP Delhi’s official accounts. “BJP trying to create a parody is a mean and ugly attempt to tarnish the image of the Hon’ble Chief Minister and AAP without any basis whatsoever amounting to public abuse, denigration …

BJP complains to EC against Congress party’s advertisements
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP complains to EC against Congress party’s advertisements

The Hindu  

BJP on Tuesday moved the Election Commission of India with complaints against the Congress, accusing the opposition party of putting out A delegation from the BJP, which included Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Former Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya and senior leader Om Pathak, moved the EC with complaints against the Congress also charging the party …

Clarify social media post on ‘sovereignty’ attributed to Sonia, EC tells Cong.
1 year, 7 months ago

Clarify social media post on ‘sovereignty’ attributed to Sonia, EC tells Cong.

The Hindu  

As the high-pitched and often acrimonious campaign for the Karnataka Assembly polls came to a close, the Election Commission on May 8 asked the Congress to clarify and take rectification measures with respect to a social media post attributing to its former chief Sonia Gandhi a remark on the “sovereignty” of the State. Observing that the said tweet violates provisions …

EC issues notice to Karnataka Congress on ’rate card’ ads against BJP
1 year, 7 months ago

EC issues notice to Karnataka Congress on ’rate card’ ads against BJP

Live Mint  

The Election Commission has issued a notice to the Karnataka Congress over its "corruption rate card" The notice was issued on Saturday following a complaint lodged by the BJP. Ahead of the May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka, the Congress released a set of posters and "It is a fair assumption that INC possesses the material/empirical/verifiable evidence based on which …

Now, Assam Jatiya Parishad complains against Cong. for advertisement to influence voters
3 years, 8 months ago

Now, Assam Jatiya Parishad complains against Cong. for advertisement to influence voters

The Hindu  

The Assam Jatiya Parishad has accused the Congress of taking a leaf out of the Bharatiya Janata Party playbook to influence voters through an In its complaint to the State’s Chief Electoral Officer, the AJP sought action against the Congress for publishing an AJP’s office secretary Nikhil Bhattacharya said the “ “…ECI should intervene in the matter immediately and stop …

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