Ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on May 7 asked political parties to not publish any advertisement in the print media on the day and a day before the elections without prior certification.
In an advisory to all national and State political parties in the fray, the poll body said that advertisements during the silence period, which is the election day and one day prior to it, will have to be pre-certified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC).
“No political party or candidate or any other organisation or person shall publish any advertisement in the print media on poll day and one day prior to poll day unless the contents of political advertisement are got pre-certified by them from the MCMC at the state/district level, as the case may be,” the ECI’s directive said.
