Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with State PCC President Govind Singh Dotasra. (Photo | PTI) 
Nation

Political ads in newspapers 'camouflaged' as news reports: EC notice to Rajasthan Congress

Election Commission has asked state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra to respond to the notice by 3 pm on Thursday.

PTI

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the president of Rajasthan Congress for allegedly camouflaging political advertisements in newspapers as news reports.

It asked state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra to respond to the notice by 3 pm on Thursday.

"In the interim, refrain from utilising this format, content, language and placement of advertisement, which as per your own party's complaint in March, violates the spirit of the Representation of the People Act and the model code of conduct.," the notice read.

The BJP had moved the EC against the Congress advertisements ahead of the November 25 assembly polls.

DMK ‘open’ to prop up AIADMK if TVK falls short of magic number

47 of 63 MLAs in favour, KC Venugopal gains edge in race for Kerala CM chair

'We'll knock them out a lot harder': Trump warns Iran after US intercepts attacks on Navy in Hormuz

Two deputy CMs, ministers from north Bengal, tribal areas in mix as BJP speeds up cabinet formation

Relief in name only: A peep into Delhi’s heat-struck shelter homes

SCROLL FOR NEXT