Exit poll: Fixed responsiblity for breach, Dainik Jagran tells poll officer

February 16, 2017 10:32

Dainik Jagran has written to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), stating that the exit poll uploaded on its website on February 11 was approved by Varun Sharma, deputy editor of Jagran's English website and "appropriate action' has been initiated against him.

According to sources, Ashutosh Shukla, Dainik Jagran's state editor in UP, wrote to the CEO Tuesday, clarifying that the editorial team of the newspaper had nothing to do with the decision to carry the exit poll. He also informed that the management had taken note of the "breach' and Sharma was held responsible. Read more

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