No poll ads in Bihar newspapers without our OK, says EC

November 04, 2015 17:58

Just in: The Election Commission says no election advertisements in newspapers tomorrow in Bihar unless cleared by empowered media committee. The order comes after the mahagathbandhan -- the grand alliance of RJD, JDU and Congress in Bihar -- complained about the BJP's cow ad.

An advertisement by the BJP on beef (see picture alongside) in newspapers in areas going to polls in the final phase, including Seemanchal, on Wednesday created controversy, with the rival Nitish Kumar-led alliance knocking the doors of the Election Commission seeking against it.

The BJP advertisement questioning the "silence" of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over "repeated insult" to revered cow by his "friends" everyday appeared in vernacular newspapers in Kisanganj, Saharsa and other areas that will witness voting on Thursday in the fifth and final round of assembly election.

The BJP ad asked CM to "stop politics of vote bank and answer if he agrees with statements of his friends on beef." Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshamanan told PTI the EC would seek a report from the district magistrates where such advertisements have come up in newspapers to verify if there was any violation of election code.

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