Election Commission detected more than1,400 cases of alleged paid - TopicsExpress



          

Election Commission detected more than1,400 cases of alleged paid news, in the last four years during Assembly polls held in 17 states. According to official data, the maximum of 523 cases were detected during Assembly polls in Punjab last year, followed by 414 in Gujarat. A number of candidates were issued show-cause notices after these instances were reported and the ECI is adjudicating these cases. The ECI has created an exclusive wing - Election Expenditure Monitoring cell - to monitor cases of paid news and has taken on board a team of Income Tax sleuths to check the menace during polls. Source: newsonair.nic.in
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 17:17:57 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015