NEW DELHI: EC has requested AAP to switch and alter the contents of its marketing campaign track, saying it violates a number of of its tips.
AAP minister Atishi, nevertheless, claimed on Sunday that EC had “banned” the track, alleging it had turn into “BJP's political weapon”.
In a letter dated April 27, EC returned AAP's software for certification of the two-minute video commercial, stating the phrase “Jail ke jawaab me hum vote denge”, accompanied by visuals of an aggressive mob holding a photograph of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, “casts aspersions on the judiciary” and was, due to this fact, in violation of the rules.TNN
EC additionally objected to sure clips used within the video depicting the police in a damaging mild. One clip reveals former deputy CM Manish Sisodia being escorted by cops, with the phrase within the background, “gundagardi ke khilaf vote denge and tanashahi karne wali occasion ko hum chot denge” (we are going to vote towards hooliganism and we are going to injure the occasion indulging in dictatorship).
Rejecting certification, EC said, “The phrases and the clip are inclined to current the image of police in unhealthy style. It casts aspersions on their working… and (is) defamatory and slanderous.”
The ballot physique additionally stated the marketing campaign track included clips displaying “aggressive mob clashing with the police”. The video, it added, contained “slanderous remarks and criticism” of the governing occasion primarily based on unverified info, which went towards EC guidelines.
The fee cited Guidelines 6 and seven of this system code whereas refusing permission. Rule 6 states: “No program ought to be carried within the cable service which is more likely to encourage or incite violence or incorporates something towards upkeep of regulation and order or which promotes anti-national attitudes.”
“Subsequently, the commercial is hereby returned with the request to switch the contents of the inventive as per the Promoting Codes prescribed below the Cable Tv Community Guidelines, 1994,” EC stated.
EC's letter said that the marketing campaign track could also be “resubmitted after modification for certification”.
AAP has been utilizing the phrase “Jail ka jawaab vote se” continuously as a slogan throughout its marketing campaign rallies. The phrase was coined by its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh throughout a speech the day he was launched on bail within the liquor coverage case.
AAP minister Atishi, nevertheless, claimed on Sunday that EC had “banned” the track, alleging it had turn into “BJP's political weapon”.
In a letter dated April 27, EC returned AAP's software for certification of the two-minute video commercial, stating the phrase “Jail ke jawaab me hum vote denge”, accompanied by visuals of an aggressive mob holding a photograph of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal behind bars, “casts aspersions on the judiciary” and was, due to this fact, in violation of the rules.TNN
EC additionally objected to sure clips used within the video depicting the police in a damaging mild. One clip reveals former deputy CM Manish Sisodia being escorted by cops, with the phrase within the background, “gundagardi ke khilaf vote denge and tanashahi karne wali occasion ko hum chot denge” (we are going to vote towards hooliganism and we are going to injure the occasion indulging in dictatorship).
Rejecting certification, EC said, “The phrases and the clip are inclined to current the image of police in unhealthy style. It casts aspersions on their working… and (is) defamatory and slanderous.”
The ballot physique additionally stated the marketing campaign track included clips displaying “aggressive mob clashing with the police”. The video, it added, contained “slanderous remarks and criticism” of the governing occasion primarily based on unverified info, which went towards EC guidelines.
The fee cited Guidelines 6 and seven of this system code whereas refusing permission. Rule 6 states: “No program ought to be carried within the cable service which is more likely to encourage or incite violence or incorporates something towards upkeep of regulation and order or which promotes anti-national attitudes.”
“Subsequently, the commercial is hereby returned with the request to switch the contents of the inventive as per the Promoting Codes prescribed below the Cable Tv Community Guidelines, 1994,” EC stated.
EC's letter said that the marketing campaign track could also be “resubmitted after modification for certification”.
AAP has been utilizing the phrase “Jail ka jawaab vote se” continuously as a slogan throughout its marketing campaign rallies. The phrase was coined by its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh throughout a speech the day he was launched on bail within the liquor coverage case.
