EC wants paid news to be made electoral offence: CEC

December 21, 2013 13:58

The Election Commission has recommended to the Law Ministry to treat all paid news as an electoral offence since it had been causing "maximum damage" to the electoral process, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said.

"Corruption implications of paid news has its impact on every one... media, candidates and people and it is one that causes maximum damage to the electoral process", Sampath said while delivering a key-note address at a seminar on 'Electoral Reforms', here.

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