Delhi Election Commission issues notices to 3 candidates in East Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi Election Commission has issued show cause notices to three prominent leaders in the poll fray from East Delhi constituency in connection with cases of “suspected” paid news.Sitting MP and Congress candidate Sandeep
Intensifying the vigil on paid news in the run up to the upcoming elections, the Election Commission has clarified that poll campaign-related news appearing in newspapers and channels owned by political parties will fall under the purview of paid news, if found to praise a particular candidate and projected that candidate as the winner.
A total of 54 cases of paid news were detected by the Election Commission during the Assembly polls in Delhi in December last year.
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