Grand alliance seeks ban on 'Mann Ki Baat' till Bihar polls get over

September 16, 2015 19:25

The anti-BJP grand alliance today approached the Election Commission seeking suspension of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' programme till Bihar polls are over, raising doubts he might use it to influence voters, but the poll panel indicated a "blanket ban" may not be possible.

A delegation of the three-party alliance comprising JD(U), RJD and Congress met the Election Commission with the plea to stop broadcast of the Prime Minister's monthly radio programme. "Permitting the Prime Minister to organise the Mann Ki Baat programme would be giving a completely unfair advantage to BJP and will upset the level playing field, essential to uphold the neutrality and majesty of the electoral process," it said in its petition.

"Even otherwise, BJP and its Union government has been misusing government's machinery, instances of which have already been brought out to the notice of the Commission," it said.

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